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Tom Grey | all galleries >> Birds -- Favorites >> Plaque Candidate Favorites > Short-billed Dowitchers, spring breeding plumage
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24-APR-2005 Tom Grey

Short-billed Dowitchers, spring breeding plumage

Palo Alto Baylands, Santa Clara Co

The white bellies are my main identifying mark here; Long-billed would be solid red underneath. The fanned tail feathers visible on two of the birds are light in color, which also supports Short-billed. The lone non-breeding-plumage individual visible in this flock may be a first-year bird that will not breed in its first summer.


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