I've only seen Little Stint a few times, so I'm interested in more
discussion of this bird. The bill shape and overall posture seem identical
to Least Sandpiper to me. Plumage-wise, is the strong streaking on the
sides of the breast possible on Little Stint? I'm interested in an
explanation why this is not a bright adult Least Sandpiper and what the key
marks are.
thanks,
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 6:58 PM dan&erika <
danerika at gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Tweets--
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First let me apologize for the delay in my posting this record. Yesterday,
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25 April 2022, I photographed a bird at the Billy Frank Jr National
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Wildlife Refuge. It was on the south side of the very beginning of the
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estuary boardwalk. Two birds are in the image, one clearly a Least
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Sandpiper. It slowly occurred to me that the other, brighter bird is a
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Little Stint. I shared the photo with Dennis Paulson, who concurs with my
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identification.
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Two photos are included in the following eBird checklist:
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https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245.
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Note apparent black legs, white-tipped wing coverts, and rusty breast, and
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note the black streaks against a pale chestnut wash on the sides of the
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breast and the chestnut color of the tertials.
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A refuge volunteer informed us that the shorebirds had been absent on
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Saturday the 24th, but that a large fallout of shorebirds occurred on
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Saturday night. I took the photos in eBird only because the birds presented
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a pretty composition.
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Dan
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