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Least/Long-toed.
by Gavin Bieber
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Gavin Bieber Kingbird77@... Tucson, AZ Senior Leader, WINGS www.wingsbirds.com Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. Join or Leave BIRDWG01: http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=birdwg01 Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg01.html
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Re: Least/Long-toed.
by julian hough
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The "tringa-like" feeding behaviour does look odd for
Least, but Long-toed is one bird I'm really not that familiar with and
first-winter Least Sandpipers are hard to come-by.
The general shape, often looking rather longer-legged than
Least is better for Long-toed, but the long bill and the shape of it is rather
Least-like and I couldn't detect any pale base to the bill which again is good
for Least. I don't think I've seen any photos of Long-toed where the bill is
that long...
The greyish breast markings extending onto the flanks
would seem a better fit for Long-toed (?) and the white "headlights" on the
loral area also might be better for Long-toed. Toe length looks long in some
frames, but I have a hard time gauging exactly if the toes are long
enough - are they longer than the bill length??
The bird appears to be a juvenile moulted into first-basic
plumage and has some retained juvenile feathers. From what I can see of the
retained juvenile coverts they seem to be a better fir for Least, though I
have to admit it's hard to say for certain if the dark feather centres do or
don't bisect the pale feather fringe, one of the better pro-Long-toed features
separating them from Least.
Be nice to see some photos, but bill length and shape and
apparent lack of a paler base would be indicative of Least at this
point..
best,
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CA Least Sand
by julian hough
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I was just able to see some pictures http://www.noahstrycker.com/photos/700/longtoedstint.htm of
the bird and it's a first-winter (first-basic) Least Sandpiper.
- upperpart feathers aren't dark enough - the dark areas
being confined to the shaft area, not mostly dark-centered as in
Long-toed.
- bill size and shape - uniformly dark and slightly
decurved, lacking a paler base typical of Least
- legs look shorter in the photos than they appeared in
the video and the central toe looks to be shorter than the bill length, not
longer as it would be in Long-toed.
- rusty fringes to retained juvenile coverts and shape of
the rear median/greater coverts has a uniform pale fringe, with the dark centre
not bisecting it.
- head pattern looks fairly typical of Least with a narrow
diffuse pale supercilium
In the photos the impression is more of a typical Least
Sandpiper than in the video which was surprising.
best,
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