cfowler 0 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Pictures taken today in North Myrtle Beach SC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Birding Boy 1,071 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Those are Hooded Mergansers, but I pass on the shore birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cfowler 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks that's what I thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlexHenry 1,268 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 For the shorebirds, the 2 back right birds and the 1 back left bird are Dunlins - note medium size, fairly long drooping bill, brownish gray color. The frontmost bird is I believe a Western Sandpiper - note small size, black legs, rather long slightly drooping bill. The other two birds are dowitchers. Note that they are medium-large shorebirds with long, straight bills, fairly long legs, chunky bodies, pale eyebrows. I believe these birds are Short-billed Dowitcher but I'm not confident in that. The back one is still in some juvenile pumage. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cfowler 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phalarope713 732 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 hours ago, AlexHenry said: For the shorebirds, the 2 back right birds and the 1 back left bird are Dunlins - note medium size, fairly long drooping bill, brownish gray color. The frontmost bird is I believe a Western Sandpiper - note small size, black legs, rather long slightly drooping bill. The other two birds are dowitchers. Note that they are medium-large shorebirds with long, straight bills, fairly long legs, chunky bodies, pale eyebrows. I believe these birds are Short-billed Dowitcher but I'm not confident in that. The back one is still in some juvenile pumage. Agreed. I think the dowitchers are indeed Short-billed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Leukering 2,279 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Mergansers -- https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/82.pdf Note also that "peep" does not equal "shorebird." "Peep" is a term that covers the very smallest sandpipers: Least, Semipalmated, Western, White-rumped, Baird's, Spoon-billed, and everything with "stint" in its name. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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