[Tweeters] Little Stint / Billy Frank Jr National Wildlife Refuge
dan&erika
danerika at gmail.com
Wed Apr 27 18:20:01 PDT 2022
With some creative photoshopping, I believe my stint candidate is, in fact,
a Least Sandpiper. See the new photo posted on my eBird checklist--
https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245. The bird appears to sport yellowish
legs that just looked black under normal exposure.
Dan
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 4:49 PM Zora Monster <zoramon at mac.com> wrote:
> When looking at pictures of least sandpipers, I am seeing that gape notch
> mentioned in the article referenced below. This leads me to believe that
> this particular field mark cannot be used to distinguish between least
> sandpipers and little stints.
>
> Zora Dermer
> Seattle, WA
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2022, at 1:37 PM, Jane Hadley <hadleyj1725 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We have some citing the shorter wings and primary projection and the
> streaking on the sides of the breast to conclude that the reported bird is
> a Least Sandpiper. We have others citing the black legs and the gape notch
> to conclude that it is a Little Stint. How to decide?
>
> Pictures of the subject bird:
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245
>
> Discussion of the "gape notch" ID key:
>
>
> https://blog.aba.org/2017/11/open-mic-a-new-field-mark-for-differentiating-stints-and-peeps.html
>
> Jane Hadley
>
> Seattle, WA
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Dan or Erika Tallman
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