<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">With some creative photoshopping, I believe my stint candidate is, in fact, a Least Sandpiper. See the new photo posted on my eBird checklist--<a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245">https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245</a>. The bird appears to sport yellowish legs that just looked black under normal exposure.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Dan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 4:49 PM Zora Monster <<a href="mailto:zoramon@mac.com">zoramon@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">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.<div><br></div><div>Zora Dermer</div><div>Seattle, WA</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 27, 2022, at 1:37 PM, Jane Hadley <<a href="mailto:hadleyj1725@gmail.com" target="_blank">hadleyj1725@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
<div><p><font face="KacstOne">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?</font></p><p>Pictures of the subject bird:<br>
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<pre><a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245" target="_blank">https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245</a></pre><p>Discussion of the "gape notch" ID key:</p><p><a href="https://blog.aba.org/2017/11/open-mic-a-new-field-mark-for-differentiating-stints-and-peeps.html" target="_blank">https://blog.aba.org/2017/11/open-mic-a-new-field-mark-for-differentiating-stints-and-peeps.html</a></p><p>Jane Hadley</p><p>Seattle, WA<br>
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