Probable American Golden Plover
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Posted by Trey Mitchell on 23:15:57 08/30/06
Toe and I went down to the fields along the road to ENP and checked them for
shorebirds and checked Lucky Hammock/Annex area also. We found many shorebirds
and a good variety. Lucky Hammock and the Annex were fairly quiet. We heard more
than we saw. The foliage is very thick and the birds didn't respond to pishing.
We did see a couple of Prairies, an Ovenbird, a Red Start and one Flycatcher
briefly. Probably a Least, but only saw it for a few seconds as it flew from one
tree to another.
In the farm fields north of 9336 and west of 217th Ave. we found a probable
American Golden Plover. We couldn't get a good angle to better see all the
detail, but it was darker than the 30 or so Black-bellied Plovers that were near
it and it stayed to it's self. Also when the Black-bellied Plovers flew off the
AGP stayed. I took two photos from a long distance and the photo shows what we
were able to see through binoculars and the scope. It had a dark cap and looked
just like the AGP we saw at the Sod Farm fields a few weeks ago. I will stick
with probable, only because we didn't get to see the bird in profile. We missed
it when it flew away as we were distracted by other shorebirds in the area.
Probable American Golden Plover
Other Shorebirds we saw:
Black-bellied Plover
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semi-Palmated Sandpiper
Semi-Palmated Plover
Pectoral
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellow Legs
Black-necked Stilt
Upland Sandpiper
Killdeer
Dowitcher Sp.
American Golden Plover
Adult Non-breeding Western Sandpiper on left and Immature Western Sandpiper on
right
Both birds have black legs, I checked with binoculars to make sure. In put
welcome and would be helpful.
I really want to learn more about the different plumages for shorebirds. I do
have other photos of these two below.
Juvenile Western
Non-breeding Western
Upland Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
BTW I have tried to post to the earlier topic about the "Least Sandpiper",
yes I have you all to thank for correcting me about the earlier post. I love the
debate, mainly because I am learning a lot in the process.
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