Saturday, 29 August 2015

[Maine-birds] Western Sandpiper at Timber Point in Biddeford

The juvenile Western Sandpiper that Pat Moynahan found yesterday at Timber Point beach (located at the end of Granite Point Rd near Biddeford Pool) was present this morning when I was there ~ 8:30-9:10. The bird was with a flock of a couple hundred Semi-sands interspersed with Least, White-Rumped, Semi-plovers, and Sanderlings. Look for the bird with the long drooping, fine-tipped bill and very bright rusty stains on the scapulars. Also the Semi-sands tend to be an aggressive species, the Western often appears to shy away from confrontations, just seems to lift it's wings when agitated. 

Bird haahd,
Noah Gibb-Portland

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