Beetle 28/10/2008 16:53
Sandpiper ID - juvenile wood sandpiper?
Long Valley, 28 Oct 2008.
a vary pale sandpiper, size smaller than A wood sanpiper.
A juvenile one? or other smaller species?
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/glurice/sandpiperid_20081028a.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/glurice/sandpiperid_20081028b.jpg[/IMG]
for comparison, although the wood sandpiper is slighly closer, it looks considerably bigger.
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kmatthew 28/10/2008 16:59
Looks like a Temmick's Stint non-breeding plumage.