Sandpiper - Cape Cod Massachusetts USA (1 Viewer)

[Fmfoxx]

Hello. Any idea of the species? Pics taken this weekend.

Thanks!

 

[THE_FERN]

Small, w yellow legs = least

 

[aeshna5]

Agree, all Least Sandpipers.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Agreed.

 

[Fmfoxx]

Thanks all!

 

[KC Foggin]

Yup! Least Sandpipers.

 

[Butty]

1. Rightmost bird may well be western sandpiper: looks rather bigger than the (closer) side-on least sandpiper; bill a bit longer and downturned over a greater length; wings and lower scapulars grey; lower scapulars with appropriate markings.

 

[qwerty5]

1. Rightmost bird may well be western sandpiper: looks rather bigger than the (closer) side-on least sandpiper; bill a bit longer and downturned over a greater length; wings and lower scapulars grey; lower scapulars with appropriate markings.

You're probably right, the legs aren't yellow either

 

[THE_FERN]

You're probably right, the legs aren't yellow either

Not seeing difference from the other birds, and seeing yellowish legs (but viewing on a phone)

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

These all look like Least Sandpipers to me. The right hand bird in picture 1 looks more-or-less the same as the others and the leg colour is unclear.

 

[qwerty5]

Not seeing difference from the other birds, and seeing yellowish legs (but viewing on a phone)

Are you looking at the far right bird in pic 1? The legs look dark to me. Leg color on Least is variable, so I don't think it's possible to rule Least out. I don't really see a difference between the three as far as plumage, except that the far right bird has a duller supercilium. I would like to know if the bird on the right in pic 1 is the same as the bird on the left in pic 2. It appears that way to me. After digging out Kaufman's Advanced Birding, I think all are Least Sandpiper.

 

[jmepler]

If the bird on the right in the first picture was a Western Sandpiper, it would not be so rufous overall, just the upper scapulars. I think it is another juvenile Least Sandpiper with a bill on the long end of the range.