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I've created organized collections of my favourite Shorebird and Gull photos in my smugmug account. These two groups have really caught my attention and have shown me how unaware I was as to the different seasonal and age class plumages. I've labeled most of the Gulls but stayed with species ID for now in the Shorebirds. Most birders here realize that most of the Shorebirds we see here are adults well into winter plumage, adults in winter plumage, and juveniles in their late juvenile plumage and/or moulting into first winter plumage. This is all pretty obvious with most species but I think it gets difficult with a few, for example juvenile White-rumped Sandpipers and juvenile Dunlin. Some of these arrive here almost entirely in their beautiful juvenile plumage while others are well into first winter plumage. These are all labelled to species below the photos so you can study this if interested. Note that White-rumped Sandpipers have wings that extend beyond their tails and the main feather shaft on their scapulars is wide and dark. The Dunlin wings are shorter than their tails and the main feather shaft on their scapulars is very narrow. I don't think the bills are all that useful for these two. The Sanderlings illustrated show a similar progression through to first winter plumage. I don't mean to overdo these "photo posts" but this may be useful as you prepare for summer. Shorebirds: http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Shorebirds/22686725_mPvQtv#!i=1817859760&k=W43r7zg Gulls: http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Gulls/22412066_KwB9Kg#!i=1791631316&k=LDS3qjf Regards, Rick Whitman
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