Shorebirds

[floraphile]

27 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL   Mudflats; estuarine environment

1.  Left to Right (5 birds):  Dunlin X4 and ?Least Sandpiper

2.  L to R (5 birds):  Dunlin, Least, ?, Dunlin, Willet

3.  L to R (4 birds) same big guy from #2, 2 birds in center, bird in lower R corner

4.  Black-bellied Plover

Edited December 29, 2020 by floraphile
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[Seanbirds]

Very hard to tell from the photos, but I can confirm the plover. Most of your ID's are probably right.

[floraphile]

11 hours ago, Seanbirds said:

Very hard to tell from the photos, but I can confirm the plover. Most of your ID's are probably right.

With these very distant birds, I am trying to do the size comparison thing--much more difficult when applied to living birds as compared to looking at pictures in a book.

Edited December 29, 2020 by floraphile
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[Seanbirds]

7 hours ago, floraphile said:

With these very distant birds, I am trying to do the size comparison thing--much more difficult when applied to living birds as compared to looking at pictures in a book.

Yeah, that can be hard.