Sandpipers and yellowlegs


Both on the 16th and 25th of January Ricardo found flocks of shorebirds flying along with ibises, lapwings, stilt. The shorebird flocks were very large with more than 100 individuals. They were mainly composed of pectoral sandpipers with some yellowlegs. Both have yellow legs, but yellowlegs' extend from the tail. The yellowleg has a white rump, where as the pectoral sandpiper's split. It is worth showing both the flock and pinpointing some individuals.
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Ibises and lapwings flying to the right and below them the shorebirds. The lesser yellowleg in the blue circle is enlarged in the photo below
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Here white-faced ibises and southern lapwings moving to the left and after them a pectoral sandpiper and a yellowleg. Look at the decurved bill of the sandpiper and the yellowleg's of the last photo. most certainly a lesser yellowleg
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
16-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Some aquatic birds at the back in the water, standing black-backed stilts at the edge and the pectoral sandpipers.
On 25th he photographed this flock of 135 individuals There are also yellowlegs in between
Pectoral Sandpiper
25-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Pectoral Sandpiper
25-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
Black-necked Stilt
25-01-18 © Ricardo Palonsky
As a bonus a flock of 60 stilts