“Either that’s the world’s biggest chickadee or the deer is visiting the neighbor’s birdfeeder again”. Collister Drive winds up into Polecat Gulch in the Boise foothills. On my way up to the Polecat Trailhead, I saw a deer grazing on shrubs and flowers in people’s yards once but this was the first time I’d seen one working a birdfeeder.
Kevin Merrell
I agree with Peter, this is a Solitary Sandpiper.
Carl Lundblad
Reno, NV
I agree with Linda; Baird’s. Legs look too dark for Pectoral.
On Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 01:48:23 PM MDT, Robert Kiernan <photobirder@…> wrote:
That back of camera photo is difficult, but with that speckled back and what looks like a pretty bold eyering, looks like a Solitary Sandpiper.
I’m going to hazard a guess as Baird’s? Appears to have black legs and appears to have primary projection past tail. Hard to tell for sure from photo. I could be wrong.
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