Taken at Tybee Island Beach, Georgia, this morning. Looking at the OOF Royal Tern, I would estimate the size to be smaller than the Tern, but larger than a Ruddy Turnstone. It had a metal band on the right leg and what looks like a lemon colored band on the left.
Thanks, Peter. Must be transitioning from breeding plumage.
Posted by Nick Baldwin on August 31, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Pete Dunne gives a clever description as follows: "The head appears a little too small for the body, the eye a little too small for the head, and the legs a little too short for the bird," in his Essential Field Guide Companion.
They are in their fall migration from mid-July through November, which he says peaks for us (N. Fl and S. GA) in late Aug. to early Oct.
Nice isolation with the shot, too. Phil
Posted by Luke Ormand on September 1, 2012 at 8:22 PM
Red knots are easily ID'd be their chunky body size compared to all the other standard shorebirds
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4 repliesThey are in their fall migration from mid-July through November, which he says peaks for us (N. Fl and S. GA) in late Aug. to early Oct.
Nice isolation with the shot, too. Phil