Fink Family Farm Bird List

Fink Family Farm Bird List

The only list I faithfully keep is a list of all the birds seen on our farm since we moved here in 1977. I thought it would be fun to add p...

Monday, August 20, 2018

Baird's Sandpiper?


I'm calling it a Baird's on the basis of wings longer than tail and back pattern and dark legs. A juvenile maybe? Would love to hear opinions from shorebird experts, which I am, obviously, not. It was alone on the beach north of Cape Kiwanda on 8/20/18 afternoon, wandering around, never flew while I watched.







The experts have spoken and it is, indeed, a Baird's Sandpiper. Cool!