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Part 1: What kind of sandpiper?

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Posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 10, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Part 1: What kind of sandpiper?
Shot last Saturday on Ossabaw Island, GA. Part 2 tomorrow.
Posted by Mia McPherson on August 10, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Looks like a Sanderling to me Phil
Posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 10, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Part 2: Are these also Sanderlings?
Posted by Jim DeWitt on August 10, 2010 at 11:45 PM
The second set of birds look to me like Red Knots moving out of breeding plumage.
Posted by Mia McPherson on August 11, 2010 at 7:26 AM
I agree with Jim, the second set of birds do appear to be Red Knots going out of breeding plumage.
Posted by Buck Ward on August 11, 2010 at 12:46 PM
My gut feeling was that the single bird is a sanderling, but I've been running into some confusing sanderling-like sandpipers lately (e.g. semipalmated sandpiper) that make me doubt my eyes. The flock can be identified as not being sanderlings simply because of the russet breasts.