Saturday, August 4, 2007

Shorebirds at Crex Meadows

Spent a couple of hours at Crex Friday. Great day if you like shorebirds and beautiful weather. I'm not sure about the dowitcher ID. I'm tempted to ask for help on the MOU birder list, but I certainly don't want to be one of those wienies who are too dumb to figure out IDs on their own, and who so irritate the elite birders with their blasted ignorance.

Update 8/5: Well, I did ask and the good folks on the MOU list set me straight: the bird I had thought might be a dowitcher is in reality a stilt sandpiper. Many thanks for all the kind and patient replies to my noogie question.

solitary sandpiper
lesser yellowlegs
least sandpiper
large-billed dowitcher stilt sandpiper and solitary sandpiper
large-billed dowitcher stilt sandpiper
least sandpiper
snipe

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking your dowitcher is actually a Stilt Sandpiper. Nice photos!

George LeRoy Tirebiter said...

Thanks for the ID and the compliment.