I'm adding a couple of close up shots of this same individual to illustrate the head, bill, and breast area.
Additional image of a closeup of head and bill
The two closest to the shore were what I was thinkingwere perhaps Lesser Yellowlegs although I was pondering Solitary Sandpiper too. Now with id help I am changing it to Pectoral Sandpiper. These pipers are really difficult to id.
at Village Creek Drying Beds, just west of Legacy Park
This record gleaned from field journals I kept between 1968 and 2002. The first 6500+ records I posted on iNat had photo documentation, but now I am posting these records which do not have photos just to provide the data point for the species, date, and location as best as I can for the historical record. I will also add a number to represent the approximate number of individuals of this species I recorded on the given day if more than one.
This record gleaned from field journals I kept between 1968 and 2002. The first 6500+ records I posted on iNat had photo documentation, but now I am posting these records which do not have photos just to provide the data point for the species and location as best as I can for the historical record. I will also add a number to represent the approximate number of individuals of this species I recorded on the given day if more than one.
pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California
The Pectoral Sandpiper, "Calidris" melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper ("C." ferruginea), the type species of Erolia. In any case, the genus name Ereunetes – formerly used for the Western Sandpiper ("C." mauri) and Semipalmated Sandpiper ("C." pusilla), which are also members of the stint clade –...
