Stilt Sandpipers...Chaplin Lake, Sask
Posted: May 22 6:20 pm
by BirderBert
I thought these guys were Dowitchers but on closer inspection could they be Stilt Sandpipers? Approx 100 of them
Stilt Sandpiper 1s by
BirderBert, on Flickr
Re: Stit Sandpipers...Chaplin Lake, Sask
Posted: May 22 6:48 pm
by jewill
OK, I could be wrong but how else do you learn to identify birds, especially shorebirds?
My guess is that the ones in the background are Stilts but aren’t the ones in the foreground Wilson’s Phalaropes (males)?
There are way more experienced birders than I out there so please correct me if I’m wrong.
Re: Stit Sandpipers...Chaplin Lake, Sask
Posted: May 22 7:05 pm
by BirderBert
We are discussing the Sandpipers in back not the Red-necked Phalaropes in front!
Re: Stilt Sandpipers...Chaplin Lake, Sask
Posted: May 22 8:22 pm
by zwest
I think Stilt looks right.
Re: Stilt Sandpipers...Chaplin Lake, Sask
Posted: Jun 11 7:34 pm
by BirderBert
and one shot from a hundred feet or so
Stilt Sandpiper 2s by
BirderBert, on Flickr