Date: 11/24/25 7:25 am From: Karen LORENZO (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Curlew Sanpiper
The bird in the image is a *Curlew Sandpiper* (*Calidris ferruginea*) in
non-breeding plumage. It can be distinguished from a Dunlin by its slightly
larger size, longer legs, and longer, finer, more downcurved bill.
I have seen a dunlin before, generally the head
on the dunlin is more stout.
This is what came up when adding the
image to "Google image"
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 10:20 AM Michael Fogleman <fogleman...> wrote:
> I found Karen's photos here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcNtGSEWyh/ >
> Michael
> Cary, NC
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM Karen LORENZO <carolinabirds...>
> wrote:
>
>> Not on either of them, sorry.
>>
>> It is posted to instagram under rare bird
>> #rareshorebird
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 9:40 AM Robert Lewis <rfermat...> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you post photos to ebird or "What's this Bird" on facebook?
>>>
>>> Bob Lewis
>>> Durham NC
>>>
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>>> On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 08:30:28 AM EST, Karen LORENZO" (via
>>> carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>> I'm not an avid birder, I just happened upon this bird while at Fort
>>> Fisher.
>>>
>>> When I looked up the photos I had taken, research says it is a curlew
>>> sandpiper.
>>>
>>> * After migrating to the Arctic from as far away as South Africa,
>>> male Curlew Sandpipers only stay for about 10 days to breed before heading
>>> back south. Females stay longer to incubate eggs and care for chicks, but
>>> as soon as the young are independent (at 2–3 weeks of age), females also
>>> take off to the south.
>>> * With its penchant for flying long distances, Curlew Sandpiper can
>>> turn up just about anywhere. This species is a rare but regular visitor to
>>> North America, where it has occurred in at least 45 U.S. states and all 10
>>> Canadian provinces
>>>
>>>
