ogurvits Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I found this sandpiper yesterday in central New Jersey. It was bigger than other peeps around it. It's a little hard to tell from the pictures, but I think its wings are longer than those of the other peeps. And on the last picture, when it moved its wings apart, I can see white on the rump. Could it be a White-rumped Sandpiper? (Regular in tiny numbers in NJ) Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stom22 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ogurvits said: I found this sandpiper yesterday in central New Jersey. It was bigger than other peeps around it. It's a little hard to tell from the pictures, but I think its wings are longer than those of the other peeps. And on the last picture, when it moved its wings apart, I can see white on the rump. Could it be a White-rumped Sandpiper? (Regular in tiny numbers in NJ) Thank You! how much larger was it? Their southbound migration according to Audubon and Cornell should have been over at the beginning of this month, so this would have to be a very late and possibly lost migrant in my opinion. More information and/or more input from other community members needed still for a positive ID. Certainly possible, but definitely not certain, you know? Edited July 27, 2020 by stom22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Yes, White-rumped. The white rump is even visible in the last photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogurvits Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Very cool! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) On 7/27/2020 at 5:11 AM, Benjamin said: Yes, White-rumped. The white rump is even visible in the last photo. Quite a trick, when White-rumped Sandpiper has a brown rump. White-rumped Sandpiper has white upper-tail coverts. https://cobirds.org/Publications/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/91.pdf Edited July 30, 2020 by Tony Leukering addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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