Interesting bird. Since I’m now on living on the other side of the Atlantic and barely see anything other than Common Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers it looks pretty good although it’s weirdly hard to age with the legs turning orange, the breast band quite filled out, and the eye area / forehead having that lack of juvenile fluffiness. It’s like a very advanced juvenile but with features of an adult transitioning back into winter? I don’t have a better candidate though, and qualify this with my shorebird pay grade being *definitely* lower than yours ;) Cheers Dom.
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 at 04:04, Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- www.antbirds.com NYC +1 917 740 1945 UK +44 161 818 6166 -- 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/ --
