I know this is a whacky time to have this bird in Maine, and my photos will be sorely needed for verification, but an adult Baird's Sandpiper was at Popham Beach this morning in the lagoon. Smaller than a Semi-plover; dark legs; "chesty" plumage pattern (sim to Pectoral Sand); long, slim bill, very slightly tapered; wingtips well beyond the tail terminus, dark rump photo'd in flight, etc.
I was there to find either Gordon's Blk Skimmer, or perhaps a Royal Tern. Dipped on both.
Also present were SBDowitcher, Semi-Sands, Semi-Plovers, BBPlovers, Ruddy Turnstone.
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