Back to Presque Isle State Park shorebirds, focusing on a lovely Pectoral Sandpiper this past Sunday at Beach 11. Field markings: yellow-green legs like a Least Sandpiper, but overall larger, + a bi-coloured bill, + a noticeably stippled/finely streaked breast terminating fairly sharply at a white underside:
Lots more PESA below; first, here’s some “other birds” same location/day:
All Pectoral Sandpiper + bathing behaviour:
Reasonably good view of stippled breast/white underside:
Finally, a view of outer Gull Point from Beach 11. The “dark birds” are all Double-crested Cormorants:
