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Thursday, October 24, 2019

NONBREEDING GREEN SANDPIPER, LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this sandpiper as a nonbreeding Green Sandpiper as follows:
  • Brown upperparts with fine whitish speckles
  • Greyish-brown head, neck and breast with barring 
  • White eyering and supercilium, but supercilium does not extend beyond eyes
  • Greenish legs
  • White belly, rump and tail
   The Green Sandpiper is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 950.









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