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On this day at Spoonbill Pond, Craig Wilson wrote online, "Merlin most often identified SBD but had few LBD identifications." I believe my photos show one of the Long-billed Dowitchers from that same day and location (although I didn’t hear it, as it was busy preening and foraging).

For comparison, this individual is shown with 2 Short-billed Dowitchers in photo 1, and also photos 7 thru 13. In those photos with 3 birds, this observation is for the bird in the middle (the SBDOs will have their own separate observation).

This observation has been added to the Species Look-Alikes project.

Comments welcome, as always.

Both birds.

My favorite bird of this outing was one I didn’t recognize, seen here.

As for my photos, on this day, I was using a new UV filter (a different brand). Or so I thought—but turns out my old cover (which had gotten scratched by sand) was just a protective lens cover, not a UV filter. The result? The photos at Spoonbill Pond were fine, but the majority of the photos taken in the woods went something like this—"YEP, it’s a bird. Well, maybe. 🤔"

Spoonbill Pond, late April.

During this month at Spoonbill, both Semipalmated Sandpipers and Western Sandpipers were reported.

Same individual, both photos.

With thanks in advance for identification.