Hi:
Hard to tell how long the primaries stick out or body shape, Just one
photo? To me the bill looks Baird's, if the bird turned a bit, it looks
like it could have the egg shaped body of a Baird's, and that could be a
long primary sticking out back..
Bob Archer
PDX
On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 1:37 PM Tim Johnson <tim.the.fisherman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all,
This morning, Paul Evans and I walked Pintal and Mallard Marshes at Ankeny
NWR. The shorebirds are starting to show up, including Baird’s Sandpipers.
We saw what we initially thought was a Baird’s Sandpiper on Mallard Marsh.
But later, when I looked at a photo, I began to think I may have
photographed a Semipalmated Sandpiper.
The bird’s legs looked black in the field. The bill looked thick with a
possible knob at the end. The feeding posture was well forward. It had a
finely streaked breast with a white belly and sides. The wide, white
eyebrow makes me think it’s a juvenile.
I included the photo in the checklist (link below).
What do you think?
Tim Johnson
Salem, OR
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Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 1:19 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge-Mallard Marsh,
Jefferson US-OR (44.7838,-123.0874), Aug 13, 2020
To: <tim.the.fisherman@xxxxxxxxx>
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge-Mallard Marsh, Jefferson US-OR
(44.7838,-123.0874), Marion, Oregon, US
Aug 13, 2020 1:04 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Juvenile. Legs appeared to be black. The bill looked too thick to be a
Least Sandpiper, with a knob at the tip, like a SPSA can have. Feeding
posture was too far forward for a Least Sandpiper. Finely streaked (dingy?)
breast with white belly and sides. The wide, white eyebrow made it look
like a juvenile. At first I thought it was a Baird’s Sandpiper, but bill
thickness at the tip made me think it was a SPSA.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S72377788
