[Tweeters] Little Stint / Billy Frank Jr National Wildlife Refuge

[Steve Hampton]

I've only seen Little Stint a few times, so I'm interested in more
discussion of this bird. The bill shape and overall posture seem identical
to Least Sandpiper to me. Plumage-wise, is the strong streaking on the
sides of the breast possible on Little Stint?  I'm interested in an
explanation why this is not a bright adult Least Sandpiper and what the key
marks are.

thanks,



On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 6:58 PM dan&erika <danerika at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Tweets--

>

> First let me apologize for the delay in my posting this record. Yesterday,

> 25 April 2022, I photographed a bird at the Billy Frank Jr National

> Wildlife Refuge. It was on the south side of the very beginning of the

> estuary boardwalk. Two birds are in the image, one clearly a Least

> Sandpiper. It slowly occurred to me that the other, brighter bird is a

> Little Stint. I shared the photo with Dennis Paulson, who concurs with my

> identification.

>

> Two photos are included in the following eBird checklist:

> https://ebird.org/checklist/S107940245.

>

> Note apparent black legs, white-tipped wing coverts, and rusty breast, and

> note the black streaks against a pale chestnut wash on the sides of the

> breast and the chestnut color of the tertials.

>

> A refuge volunteer informed us that the shorebirds had been absent on

> Saturday the 24th, but that a large fallout of shorebirds occurred on

> Saturday night. I took the photos in eBird only because the birds presented

> a pretty composition.

>

> Dan

>

> --

> Dan or Erika Tallman

> Olympia, Washington

> danerika at gmail.com

>

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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