Stilt Sandpiper at the Tatamy Exit Pond ~ August 12, 2025

I made an early evening stop at the Tatamy Exit retention pond and found a Stilt Sandpiper! I got some fairly nice photos of this molting adult, showing the long, drooping bill, the white supercilium, long greenish-yellow legs, and the residual barring on the underparts.

Stilt Sandpiper

The 3 Semipalmated Plovers continued from yesterday.

Semipalmated Plover

One Semipalmated Sandpiper was there among the 16 Least Sandpipers and one each of Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Two Greater Yellowlegs and 4 Lesser Yellowlegs were there, too, along with 2 Green Herons and a Great Blue Heron. One of the Lesser Yellowlegs had orange legs instead of yellowish ones. I checked to make sure it wasn't one of the Redshanks, but the flight photo definitely ruled that out.

A Lesser Yellowlegs with orange legs.

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