Even tho’ I am captivated by the birds that I find on my walkabouts, I am equally drawn to the beauty of their environments.
To the spaces they call, “home”. ❤
The Spaces They Call Home
Images of Cape Cod
A Milliner's Photo Journal of Cape Cod
Images of Cape Cod 
Lovely wader, did you checked exact name?
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I have had a tough time telling many of our small shorebirds apart. The Sanderlings are larger and “chunkier” than this little bird. With the yellowish legs and bill shape and coloring, it seemed to be a Least Sandpiper. Did you have another possibility? 😉
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I think is one from the Stint family. Looks like one near to temminck’s stint. Do checkout stints available in your area and will be easy to search. Can take help from recorda at ebird.org . Atleast someone have posted records in ur area or nearby.
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Thank you, Hiren, I wondered about the Stints. Not common here, however I did find that rare sightings have occurred in recent years in our Chatham area, Cape Cod. A bit more orangy-brown vs. the gray/black tones of the other sandpipers here. Also the body of this bird is so slender, moreso than the sandpipers I have seen. Link to a recent sighting along with comparisons to Least Sandpipers which was most helpful! – http://www.birdspix.com/north-america/sandpipers-phalaropes-and-allies-scolopacidae/sandpipers/little-stint
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PS And I also found this other article , which helps even more to distinguish the Temminck’s and Little stints from each other. https://www.birdid.no/bird/eBook.php?specieID=1870&compareSpecieID=1145 It looks like my sighting might be the Little after all, given its yellowish-green vs black legs?
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Yes legs colours are main pointer between little and temminck. I have share it on my gallery at https://www.hirenkhambhayta.com/gallery/little-stint/
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Other two articles on its identification. https://birdcount.in/identifying-waders-part-2/ https://www.birdid.no/bird/eBook.php?specieID=1870&compareSpecieID=1145
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Forgive me, I believe I have these two stints backwards. It’s the Temminck that has the yellowish green legs I think. It sounds like you have helped me identify this bird, Hiren, thank you so much! 😉
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Welcome always and no need for any forgiveness. We all learn from that only. Even I did that. But still do make sure its temmick only. As that are found in our area. But might be some other available in your area too. As could be long-toed stint too. Can check more angles if you have more images. Long-toed is rare in our region and seen once only last year.
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And one final article I found truly clarifies the Temminck’s and Little stints. How glorious, to find these little birds among the seaweed and sand and shells the other day! Something seemed different about them, and now I understand why. It seems to be a rare sighting for our area. https://birdcount.in/identifying-waders-part-2/
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Hiren you now have me also wondering about this other bird I posted the other day. Many thought it was a Sandlering, but there was so much reddish-brown in its feathers, which are scalloped as well. I do not think I can attach a photo here to show you. I think now it could be another stint – either the Red-breasted or Little. Once again, these are no customary shorebirds for us here on Cape Cod. Perhaps the climate changes, are affecting their habitats like so many others. In any case, thank you for helping me to explore a bird more fully when it just doesn’t seem to fit what we are used to seeing. 😉
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Yes chances of climate changes. And those reddish tint in feathers are due to breeding plumage. They become bright and colorful in their own tones.
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Sorry Hiren, I mean Red-necked stint. I’ll try and do a new post for the bird soon, and if you take a look perhaps you can let me know if you think I am on the right track thinking it is a stint of some kind vs. the sanderling identification I was told. Thank you so much! 😉
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Sure
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