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Presqu'ile Shorebirds - 25 August 2018 |
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Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at Presqu'ile
Provincial Park on 25 August 2018. Note length of primaries beyond
tertials and beyond tail. Baird's is a long-distance migrant from
High Arctic to South America. There were at least 37 juvenile
Baird's, which is a good number for this species. |
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VIDEO: Presqu'ile Shorebirds includes Western Sandpiper |
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Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper on
25 August 2018. |
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Juvenile Baird's Sandpipers
with adult Sanderling molting from breeding plumage to winter. 25
August 2018 |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper
on 25 August 2018. Shorebirds fed at Owen Point and along the beach where mats of algae harbour
abundant fly larvae and other invertebrates. |
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Adult Semipalmated Sandpiper
molting to winter plumage. 25 August 2018. |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Plover on
25 August 2018. |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Plover
with adult Semipalmated Sandpiper on 25 August 2018. |
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Juvenile Sanderling on 25
August 2018 |
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Adult Sanderling
molting from breeding plumage to winter plumage. It has many new
grey winter feathers on the upperparts. The old breeding plumage is
worn and faded and will soon be molted. It is undergoing a complete
molt - i.e. all feathers. 25 August
2018. |
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Juvenile Least Sandpiper on 25
August 2018 |
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Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs on
25 August 2018 |
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Link to Western Sandpiper at Presqu'ile on 26 August 2018 |
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