"On the Waterfront" - Part 6

Beautiful and clear, all of them. I do love the color on the Cattle Egrets which we don't see here. Beautiful job Linth.

Wonderful shots Linth! Nice to see the Sandpipers along with the others.

Beautiful shots Linth!! Your first Sandpiper however may be a White-rumped Sandpiper...maybe Resin can confirm this.
But it is beautiful none the less.

Neither ;-))

It's a Pectoral Sandpiper, probably adult female. Note the dull yellowish legs (black in White-rumped), slightly downcurved bill (straight in Solitary) with a pale base, and fine streaking across the breast coming to a fairly abrupt stop (hence 'pectoral'; a male Pec would have a more heavily marked breast).

Resin

lol I forgot to look at the legs...I didn't take enough time. Definitely Pectoral SP.

Linth your shots are what I want mine to look like. lol What mm were you shooting and distance? The bird's I,m working on at Pipe Creek are on average about 70 feet away or more. Like all your shots but the Pectoral and Spotted Sandpiper shots are really nice.

Thank you everyone, again.

And, Resin, thank you for clearing up the identification issue. I'll never be able to properly identify the different Sandpipers and some of the other shorebirds. Do any of them inter-breed ? The reason I went with the Solitary Sandpiper was two-fold ..... (1) some local "expert" birders posted sightings of the Spotted Sandpiper and a Solitary Sandpiper at the same location a day or two before my visit. And (2), the distinct white circle around the eye. The photos in my bird books don't show that white circle on the Pectoral Sandpiper. But you're absolutely right about the slightly curved bill. Anyway, that's what makes it interesting. Thanks, again. Now, I will have to look more closely at my other 'Solitary Sandpiper' photos.

Burd, while at this location (Swan Creek), I only use my 500mm lens on a tripod. The Sandpipers were fairly close (less than 100 ft.), but the others were probably several hundred feet away. Until I can perfect the process at 500mm, I seldom use my 1.4x and 1.7x teleconverters, although many of the birds are too far away, across the wetlands, for the 500mm lens.

The wetlands is loaded with what some people call "Marsh Mallows". I was lucky to get this female ' Orchard Oriole' sitting among the beautiful white flowers.

Beautiful Linth!!

Post away!!

Resin

Thanks, Resin. Here are 4 photos in my archives that I had identified as Solitary Sandpipers.

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Thanks, Resin.

Yep, they're all Solitaries!

Resin

Nice shots Linth!! I read that the Solitary Sandpiper nests in old song bird nests that are higher up in tree's, while most other SP's nest on the ground.