Date: 5/3/26 2:21 am From: bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help
What about lines or spots on the breast I ask myself?!
This bird looks like it has both.
I can’t bring the pic back up. I’m in an odd place.
> On May 3, 2026, at 5:15 AM, Cliff Weisse <cliffandlisa...> wrote:
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> 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.
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>> On 5/2/26 08:39AM, Bob Davis via groups.io wrote:
>> Long-billed or short-billed? Taken on April 1, 2026, along the Texas coast.
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