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Solitary sandpiper at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, May, 2007.
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Breeding plumage dunlin at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, May, 2007.
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Male islandica black-tailed godwit at West Salisbury, VT, April, 2007. A first record for the state.
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Same black-tailed godwit as above.
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Ruff (reeve actually) at Newburyport, Massachusetts, April, 2007.
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Greater yellowlegs and reeve (on right)at Newburyport, Massachusetts, April, 2007.
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Wilson's snipe at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, Vermont, October, 2006.
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A very poor image of the Milford Point, Connecticut, red-necked stint. Photographed at about 100 yards and with scope magnification of 60x.July, 2006.
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Black-tailed godwit at Plum Island, Massachusetts, July 19, 2006. A female of the Islandica race?
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Black-tailed godwit at Plum Island, Massachusetts, July 19, 2006.
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Killdeer at Plum Island, Massachusetts, July 2006.
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Adult white-rumped sandpiper at Plum Island, Massachusetts,8th August, 2006.This bird shows a mix of dark, worn breeding plumage feathers
and fresh grey winter plumage feathers on its mantle and scapulars. The wing coverts and tertials are highly abraded from wear.
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Adult white-rumped sandpiper behind semipalmated sandpiper at Plum Island, Massachusetts, 8th August, 2006.
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Adult white-rumped sandpiper belly deep at Plum Island, Massachusetts, 8th August, 2006. The diagnostic pale spot
at the base of the lower mandible showing well.
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Western sandpiper at Sandy Point, Plum Island, Massachusetts, August, 2006. Bright rufous on upper scapulars certainly indicate a juvenile bird, but note the heavy wear on the wing coverts
and the tinge of chestnut on the ear coverts. Could this be an adult that has partially moulted out of alternate plumage? By its long bill, this bird is probably a female. See the next few images for detail.
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Western sandpiper at Sandy Point, Plum Island, Massachusetts, August, 2006. Same bird as above and showing rufous scaps well.
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Same western sandpiper as above. Hint of split supercilium.
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Juvenile pectoral sandpiper. One of flock of four at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, Vermont, 4th September, 2006.
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More Retreat Meadows pectoral sandpipers. Larger male on the right and female on left.
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Baird's sandpiper at Northfield sod farm, Massachusetts, September 10, 2006.
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Another shot of Baird's sandpiper at Northfield sod farm, Massachusetts, September 10, 2006.
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Part of a flock of 7 American golden plovers at Northfield sod farm, Massachusetts, September 24, 2006.
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A closer view of one of the Northfield golden plovers.This is a fairly bright colored juvenile and shows the
diagnostic prominent eyestripe and long primary projection
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