4 Waders - Interesting Wader

1 Kentish Plover> / 2 Hudsonian Whimbrel> / 3 Hudsonian Dunlin>  / 4 Interesting Wader> / 5 Knots>  / 6 Baltic Dunlin> / 7 Sanderlings Calidris alba in a storm> / 7A Sanderlings ready to fly home> / 8 Little Stint Calidris minuta> / 9 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis>  / 10 Dunlin Calidris alpina in juvenile plumage> / 11 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus> / 12 Golden Plover> / 13 Cannibalism in the cold> / 14 A plumage for all seasons> / 15 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica> / 16 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva> / 17 European Curlew Numenius a.arquata> / 18 Eastern or Russian Curlew Numenius a.orientalis> / 19 Steppe Curlews Numenius arquata suschkini> / 20a Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia> / 20b Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia> / 21 The Greenland ringed plover> / 22 The Ringed plover> / SNIPES>

Interesting Wader  On the 21st February 2008 this wader (1, 2, 3) was briefly
seen at a high tide roost on the beach of Oostvoorne, The Netherlands. It's jizz suggests
White-Rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis. The bird seems in active wing-moult which
would fit White-rumped Sandpiper well as it moults during November-March.
All descriptions known to us however mention grey-brown or pale brownish streaks
on breast and/or flanks in both adult winter and 1st winter plumage which this birds
clearly does not show. We would like to know if anyone is familiar with this plumage.

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wader spec.21022008 3 Oostvoorne, The Netherlands

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wader spec.21022008 1 Oostvoorne, The Netherlands

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wader spec.21022008 2 Oostvoorne, The Netherlands

        10 jun 2010