The photo, I think, reliably gets one to stint, but not much farther.

But my spider-sense leans toward Little Stint and since we're dealing
with that ishy-squishy, zen-zoodoo holistic stuff here, you're invited
to laugh and point at me should better picture prove me wrong.

First the head and crown look remarkably uniform orange, that's a
Little Stint thing. Red-necks should look streakier and browner.

Second, doesn't it look like it's just a bit taller? Even though
Little Stints and Red-necked Stints are about the same size and
technically a bit smaller than Westerns, Little Stints are described
as being longer legged (though I'm sure some of you will rush to
your _Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders_
and note the the tarsus length is roughly the same for Westerns
and Little).


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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

When bad photos happen to good birds
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