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OK, I think I finally finished ID'ing everything in my wader/peep extravaganza yesterday. Here we gooooo
First up, avocet (lets start with an easy one)... (1/?)
First up, avocet (lets start with an easy one)... (1/?)
Next were the far away marbled godwits. Far away, yes, but not too far away to ID! Amazing birds with crazy-long bills. (2/?)
Closer to my side of the water, a willet strutting by. They are actually easiest to ID in flight because of the black and white patches on their wings that are visible when wings are spread. (3/?)
Next, yellowlegs. Both greater and lesser were present and honestly when you see them side by side, they are much easier to tell apart. Pretty sure this is Greater. (4/?)
Now lets get into this mess... (5/?)
OMG a Wilson's phalarope! Hooray, that was a lifer for me 
. You may be surprised to know that the females are more brightly coloured than the males in breeding season. Can you think of another species where that's true? 
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. You may be surprised to know that the females are more brightly coloured than the males in breeding season. Can you think of another species where that's true? (6/?)
Here is a semipalmated sandpiper with a greater yellowlegs for scale. Cute little guy (7/?)
Another new one for me - pectoral sandpiper (on the right) with the ubiquitous greater yellowlegs for scale (8/?)
I was super happy to see a spotted sandpiper. They are so cute with polkadots rather than streaks or speckles. Didn't get a great picture of its belly, but you can see some spots on the flank as it sneaks by. (9/?)
I think this is my favourite pic from the day. It kind of sums up the excitement of spring migration birding! Hopefully you can now identify them all (10/10)
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