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First
winter Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin and more at Presqu'ile, Ontario
James
Bay Shorebird Project Reunion - Purplepalooza hosted by Doug McRae |
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Purple Sandpiper in first winter plumage
on Gull Island at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 6 December 2015.
Aged by contrasting white fringes on wing coverts and tertials. Note
that Purple Sandpipers in juvenile plumage are not seen in southern
Ontario because they molt in the north before migration. A purple
sheen is visible is some lights and angles giving this sandpiper its
name. |
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Dunlin in first winter
plumage at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 6 December 2015. Aged by
contrasting white fringes on the wing coverts and tertials. |
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Please see link:
Video of Dunlin feeding on tasty morsels in the algae
- 6 December 2015 |
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Snowy Owl on duck
hunting blind on small island to west of Gull Island. 6 December
2015. |
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Doug McRae, left,
leading the group on Gull Island. Thirty-five keen shorebirders in
attendance. |
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Looking at the Purple
Sandpiper |
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Checking Beach 1. |
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Vero Gratts, Christian
Friis and Barb Charlton walking across from Owen Point to Gull
Island. |
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