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Short-billed Dowitcher Wading along the shoreline is a Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Bill Mason Centre,Canada,Dunrobin,Fall,Geotagged,Greater Yellowlegs,Ontario,Tringa melanoleuca,bird,sandpiper,shorebird Click/tap to enlarge

Short-billed Dowitcher

Wading along the shoreline is a Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

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    Thibaud Aronson
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    Nice photo, but that's not a dowitcher, and rather a Greater Yellowlegs.
    Dowitcher would have a longer, blunt-tipped bill, and no white spots on the upperparts.     Posted 2 years ago

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The Greater yellow legs

The greater yellowlegs is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Oct 18, 2020. Captured Oct 17, 2020 16:34 in 133 Blackberry Way, Dunrobin, ON K0A 1T0, Canada.
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  • COOLPIX A900
  • f/6.9
  • 1/125s
  • ISO400
  • 151mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.