Semipalmated Sandpipers - 19 Sep 2004
A pair of juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Gibraltar Landfill ponds were a nice find this evening. Digiscoped the pair. Note the short black bill and fresh brown-and-black feathers on back and wings. Black legs are clean.
A Dunlin was also find nearby.
Gibraltar Landfill, Monroe, Michigan, US
Sep 19, 2004 6:30 PM - 6:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
2 species
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 2 Two juveniles in shallow ponds of landfill property. Digiscoped images show short black stubby bills, fresh brown-black feathers (no orange/red seen in Least Sandpiper juveniles), clean black legs (no mud). Pics.
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