In between bouts of rain stoppage and my drive to study whatever remaining shorebirds we have left, I came across a Plover that looked good for Common Ringed.
Since the candidate was a juvenile and a difficult field ID given the location, I tried to stay on this bird and managed to obtain a decent number of Digiscoped shots that captured key field marks, including no webbing between the middle and inner toes. I not too long ago shared some images for feedback and while the consensus among people with higher pay grades than mine, is that it looks good for CRPL. I used “possible” because juveniles are tough and also Semipalmated Plover variation makes it even tougher. I have thrown up a few of the best Digiscoped images on Twitter for anyone who might be interested in taking a look. https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1569144295793299461?s=46&t=5gyT0oxQ7C_42AzVjZrl_g https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1569143571214655490?s=46&t=5gyT0oxQ7C_42AzVjZrl_g Cheers, -------- “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
