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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Photo by gatorfellows
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Description:

Several medium sized sandpipers on the shoreline. Bill twice as long as head. Moderately long, pale legs. They feed in a sewing machine like motion. Long-billed Dowitcher is recorded as seen every 2 to 5 years on the Hagerman Bird List. Friends of Hagerman spotters have been reporting seeing these birds in this area of the refuge.

Habitat:

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge:
http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=21580

Reference Links:

Long-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornitho…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
gatorfellows
thanks Tom15. Dowitchers were on the list for the Friends of Hagerman. I will see if I can narrow it down :)
Tom15
Looks like Dowitchers, possibly both Short-billed and Long-billed.

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PublishedNovember 5, 2013

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