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Identification Tips

SHOREBIRDS

PEEPS - Link to July/August 2008 issue of Birding

               Link to July/August 2008 issue of Birding, Continued

Summarized by Chris McDonald:

Is the peep super tiny? 
Yes —> Least Sandpiper 
No —> Do the primary feathers extend beyond the tail and cross?
        Yes —> Baird’s Sandpiper or White-rumped Sandpiper
        No —> Western Sandpiper or Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Photo by Catherine Ortega

NEW! Raptor Identification hints. Print it, fold it in half, and slip it in your hawk section.

Empidonax flycatchers

It can be done!

Click here to download Susan Allerton's easy-to-use chart that you can tuck away in your field guide. Use these characters to identify:

  • Eye-ring

  • Bill

  • Primary projection

  • Behavior

  • Voice

  • Habitat

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