[obol] Re: dowitcher picture, help with ID
- From: Bob Archer <rabican1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 19:57:07 -0700
Hi All:
I'll take a stab at these..would like to know what others think of my
reasoning..I am assuming Bird One and Two are NOT the same
critter..please Brandon, tell me they are not the same bird :)
Bird 1:
Long-billed
1) white tips to upper coverts are at the tips only, giving it a block look.
2) orange comes down onto the entire belly
3) black on side of breast is barred not spotted
4) breast looks frosty.
Bird 2:
Short-billed
1) black on side of breast are spots not bars?
2) black primaries come down way past the tertials..are they still growing?
3) bill looks very short
4) white on upper side is in the form of V''s rather than blocks, (white
comes farther up the side of the feather), Some SB's can be whit here
rather than light brown on the edges..
5) whole back looks paler
Bird 3:
Long-billed
1) White on coverts and scapulars give them a block look rather than
V's...(some Short-billed have white other tan on these feathers..)
2) unusual that primaries extend past tertials, but still LB Dow..
3) looks frosty in the breast but looks like still getting alternate plumage
4) hard to say if black on sides of breast are spots or bars, but will go
with bars..
5) Over all back looks dark.
When I want to remind myself how hard these can be I go here:
http://tgreybirds.com/Pages/ShortbilledDowitcherp.html
and here:
http://tgreybirds.com/Pages/LongbilledDowitcherp.html
Bob Archer..
PDX
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:39 PM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein <
deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**95295128@N03/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/95295128@N03/>
>
> you will find 3 pictures of a dowitcher that Brandon photo'd at Baskett
> Slough. I do not know the date, so Brandon can fill us in. Brandon wants
> to know if they are Short-bills or Long-bills. See below......
>
> Cheers
> Dave Lauten
>
>
>
> I was wondering if you could help me with some shorebird Iding? I've got a
> dowitcher photo that I took at Baskett Slough. There were two dowitchers
> which seemed smaller and were on the shoreline close to the road instead of
> far away.....
>
> .....So I hope it is ok to send you a couple pictures. Any help would be
> great. Thanks!
>
> Brandon Wagner
> Independence
>
> PS: the first two I believe are of the same bird, but the third photo may
> be the second dowitcher. Thanks again.
>
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