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| 04/22/2012 09:36:46 PM |
American Oystercatcherby scooter97Comment: Originally posted by hahn23:
Have never seen this one. You caught the field marks needed to ID. Well done! |
This one is pretty easy. Nothing else has that long orange bill! |
| 04/22/2012 09:32:59 PM |
Short Billed Dowitcherby scooter97Comment: Originally posted by patches:
Another new one to me - wonder with that bill what they specialize in eating. |
Some very tiny food items. I didn't see them open their beaks while they were probing in the muck at the pond's edge. |
| 04/22/2012 09:32:04 PM |
Short Billed Dowitcherby scooter97Comment: Originally posted by hahn23:
Great in flight capture. Nice markings, especially the upper rump and pale secondaries... unique to dowitchers. Would be rare in Colorado. We have Wilson's Snipe which are somewhat similar. |
There were Snipe at this pond as well. I've never seen one of those in flight. |
| 04/22/2012 09:30:45 PM |
Northern Shovelersby scooter97Comment: Originally posted by hahn23:
Great male and female shot in the same frame. Well done! I'll go looking for this bird in a few days. |
I wasn't expecting to see this duck this weekend. All of our local (philly area) Shovelers have been gone for a few weeks now. |
| 04/22/2012 06:44:54 PM |
Northern Gannett by scooter97Comment: Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Didn't know you got these....but I suppose they have to pass by you on their way here. They breed here in the thousands.....we even have a bird sanctuary (Cape St. Mary's) where they all breed on a huge rock in the ocean and of the sides of the cliffs. |
They're just passing through on their way up to their breeding locations. I've seen them here only during the spring migration. This one was a way off the coast. |
| 04/22/2012 06:35:51 PM |
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