I’m not anywhere close to Texas area at this time.

Where on the Texas coast? How far from Corpus Christi ?? Please be specific or as close as you can.
Thank you.

Not sure on that one Bob. Bill length could go either way, freshly molted scaps don’t really show much, and the tail looks extensively black but you can’t see enough of it to be sure. There is one feather on the side of the breast that has a round(ish) spot on it but it’s maybe not quite round and it’s closer to the feather tip than I would expect for Short-billed. So I’d call this one a dowitcher unless I heard the call.

Cliff

Long-billed or short-billed? Taken on April 1, 2026, along the Texas coast.