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Do you have a sense of scale for this one. Pectorals are Dunlin size and Leasts are quite a bit smaller. Pectorals in proportion are a little more rotund then Leasts and the base of their bills are typically lighter (and a little longer). This feels more like a Least to me, but without knowing the size it's another tough call. If while you were taking the photo you felt like it was large the I would go Pectoral and conversely if it seemed small then I'd say Least.
It was in a mixed herd, so I'll check my other photos (and see if I cropped anything out of this one) to get a sense of scale. Plenty of dunlins around so hope I got one in the frame.
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Yellow legs, unstreaked belly, white eye stripe...pretty sure that's it.
Pectoral was one of the options I was considering last night. Also, considered a least sandpiper, which I tentatively IDed nearby.
Do you have a sense of scale for this one. Pectorals are Dunlin size and Leasts are quite a bit smaller. Pectorals in proportion are a little more rotund then Leasts and the base of their bills are typically lighter (and a little longer). This feels more like a Least to me, but without knowing the size it's another tough call. If while you were taking the photo you felt like it was large the I would go Pectoral and conversely if it seemed small then I'd say Least.
It was in a mixed herd, so I'll check my other photos (and see if I cropped anything out of this one) to get a sense of scale. Plenty of dunlins around so hope I got one in the frame.
Second picture added. Bird in question is located lower right. Smaller than a dunlin, so a least sandpiper?
Based on that second photo, I'd say for sure a Least
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