Stilt Sandpiper
Identification: Note the long, heavy, drooping bill, the long yellowish-green legs, and white rump (left bird). The birds immediately below are in molt, pale gray feathers coming in on the back. The bottom photograph is of an alternate plumaged bird, note the heavy barring below the chesnut colored auriculars and the dark feathered back.
Molting to basic plumage (late September)- Charles City County, Virginia
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Alternate plumage |