Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! — Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
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Identifying birds is hard. No matter the species, no matter the time of year—it’s a challenge. The right bird but the wrong lighting conditions can fool even an expert birder, but us newbies? Oof, sometimes it feels like we don’t even have a chance. Every season, it seems like there are new arriv

Anyone else getting out and looking for shorebirds? I got a lifer yesterday after-the-fact–a stilt sandpiper. It blended in well with the short-billed dowitchers.

Here is a link that helps me with shorebird ID!