Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.
Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.

Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Short-Billed Dowitcher

(Limnodromus griseus)

Description:

Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers are difficult to distinguish unless call notes are heard. I saw enough characters in this bird to convince me it is a Short-Billed Dowitcher. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day.

Date Taken: 2020:04:30 17:39

Location:

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/4000

File Name: ShortBilledDowitcher_D501588-South-Padre

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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