CLOSED: Shorebirds - Help ID

Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

I have a few shorebirds that I would appreciate your assistance. I have a great deal of difficulty identifying shorebirds because many of them look the same (to me).

Thanks.

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Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

Another shorebird .........

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Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

I think these shorebirds are some of #1 and #2 ......

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Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

This one I may have posted some time ago with no definitive ID.

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

#1 - Sanderling
#2 - Ruddy Turnstone
#3 - Sanderlings (pale) and Purple Sandpipers (dark)
#4 - Willet

For the differences between Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper, note the short, straight, all black bill, bright orange legs and white rump of the former, and the longer, slightly curved, yellow-based bill, muddy-yellow legs, and no white rump of the latter. Turnstone is also a bit larger, but that's only obvious when you see the two next to each other.

Resin

Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

Thank you so much, Resin. I appreciate it ......

This one looks different ?

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Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

I think this is a small flock of them .....

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Yep, Dunlins

Resin

Linthicum Heights, MD(Zone 7a)

Thank you, once again, Resin .......

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