smittyone@cox.net Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Saw this guy by himself on a power line in NW Missouri this afternoon. This was along a rural farm road--no nearby bodies of water, that I know of. I haven't seen any shorebirds in a couple of months. And I've NEVER seen any kind of shorebird sit on a powerline before. Weird. My closest guess is a Lesser Yellowlegs. Sorry--side, back, and underneath were the only angles I could get on this guy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phalarope713 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) This is actually an Upland Sandpiper! You’ll often see them on fence posts or telephone wires. Edited August 5, 2020 by Phalarope713 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyone@cox.net Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Thanks! That's a new Lifer bird for me today. Yeah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bo nelson Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Nice flying photo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 He does look a little odd and out of place up there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That’s awesome. It’s been many years since I last saw one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 10 hours ago, SirVive said: He does look a little odd and out of place up there A Lesser Yellowlegs would look VERY odd and out of place up there lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Note the color and pattern on the tail, which is quite different from both yellowlegs sp., as is the bill color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tony Leukering said: Note the color and pattern on the tail, which is quite different from both yellowlegs sp., as is the bill color. Also the length of the tail. In books, at least, yellowlegs spp. have the wings longer than the tail. (I don't get to see a lot of yellowlegs around here.) My old Peterson guide says Upland Sandpiper (then called Upland Plover) has a "shoe-button eye". I actually remember my grandmother wearing shoes with buttons, but I failed to observe them closely enough to see why they especially resemble Upland Sandpipers' eyes, as seen clearly in these spectacular pictures. Did you get to hear its weird and wonderful call? Edited August 5, 2020 by Jerry Friedman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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