There is a digiscoped image of the Stilt Sandpiper on the Vermont eBirdĀ Flicker feed:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60611812@N05/7909845582/in/pool-929116@N20
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Ron Payne
Middlebury, VT
On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:40:25 -0400, "Ian A. Worley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks to an early posting by Dan Huber, Ron Payne and I went to the end
> of the west trail at Brilyea Access in Addison to search for
> shorebirds. A slight rise in water levels has returned a small area
> of open, shallow water to the area completely grown-in by plants
> during the June and July drawdown.
>
> Among many Lesser Yellowlegs and some Greater Yellowlegs there were
> other sandpipers, notably a Stilt Sandpiper, a Pectoral Sandpiper,
> and three Dunlins. There were nine shorebird species in total.
>
> We also surveyed a number of locations along the shore of southern
> Lake Champlain from Orwell to Addison. Not unexpectedly there were
> few shorebirds, and no noteworthy species. We did come upon 11
> Horned Larks on a short farm road leading to a manure pile at a farm
> on Lake Street in Bridport.
>
> The full Brilyea list is below.
>
> Ian
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>
>
> Brilyea Access, Addison, US-VT
> Sep 1, 2012 2:12 PM - 5:26 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.8 mile(s)
> Comments: Ron Payne and Ian Worley. Took west trail to dam,
> then east along shore, then north along shore to beginning of west
> trail. Most shorebirds and waterfowl were at the end of the west
> trail east to the main body of open water --- an area mostly grown in
> since the drawdown began a month or two ago, but with a few shallow,
> wade-able waters.
> 39 species
>
> Wood Duck 10
>
> Mallard 6
>
> Blue-winged Teal 32
>
> Green-winged Teal 19
>
> Great Blue Heron 13
>
> Northern Harrier 1
>
> Spotted Sandpiper 2
>
> Solitary Sandpiper 5
>
> Greater Yellowlegs 11 One group of five, otherwise generally
> mixed with Lesser Yellowlegs. Intermittently calling.
>
> Lesser Yellowlegs 52 Actively foraging and moving about;
> occasionally short flights. Usually silent. Carefully counted by
> individuals.
>
> Least Sandpiper 1
>
> Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Mixed in with Lesser Yellowlegs.
>
> Dunlin 3 A close-knit group of three foraging amid water lilies
> and Yellowlegs. Size of a largish peep, short legs, down-turned
> bill noticeably longer than that of Least, Baird's, White-rumped, and
> Semipalmated Sandpipers. Supercillium minimal at best. These birds
> did not appear especially rotund. While the neck did not appear
> exceptionally short, it was never extended far from the body. Mostly
> gray, though possibly with some brownish tint on upper parts of body
> and in chest area. Either juvenile or nonbreeding; breast tinted or
> streaked carrying up into shoulder area. Belly light to white.
>
> Stilt Sandpiper 1 Obviously smaller than adjacent Lesser
> Yellowlegs with long, slightly down-turned bill often carried mostly
> perpendicular. Bill black and moderately stout at base, evenly
> tapered to tip. Yellowish to yellow-green legs, strikingly less
> yellow than legs of Yellowlegs. Legs long, though not as long as
> those of Yellowlegs. Probing/feeding up-and-down motion more like
> Dowitchers than Yellowlegs; body well tipped-up during probing.
> Evident supercilium. Breast lightly tinged. Seemed overall light
> enough to be a first winter bird. Mixed with Lesser Yellowlegs;
> stayed in shallow water in and around emergent grasses.
>
> Wilson's Snipe 1 Flushed from ditch or weedy place along trail.
>
> Ring-billed Gull 3
>
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
>
> Northern Flicker 2
>
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
>
> Eastern Phoebe 2
>
> Eastern Kingbird 6
>
> Blue Jay 5
>
> American Crow 2
>
> Common Raven 1
>
> Tree Swallow 3
>
> Bank Swallow 1
>
> Barn Swallow 11
>
> Black-capped Chickadee 1
>
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
>
> American Robin 3
>
> Gray Catbird 2
>
> European Starling 7
>
> Cedar Waxwing 4
>
> Common Yellowthroat 1
>
> Song Sparrow 3
>
> Red-winged Blackbird 3
>
> Common Grackle 11
>
> Baltimore Oriole 1
>
> American Goldfinch 2
>
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)
>
>
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