waders-Knot C.c.islandica - 1st summer plumage

waders-Knot C.c.islandica - 1st summer plumage

5b Waders - Knots

Knot Calidris canutus

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> /
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Knots Calidris canutus in 1st summer plumage

The Knots wintering in the Rhine-Meuse delta in The Netherlands belong to the Greenland-
race islandica. By the end of April they have left or are about to leave for the breeding grounds
safe for a small number of 2nd calendar year birds. These young birds begin moulting their worn
1st winter plumage into their 2nd winter plumage as can be seen on the pictures below.

Knot C.c.islandica 2CY male 02062008 Westerscheldt,The Netherlands.jpg

Knot C.c.islandica 2CY male 02062008 Westerscheldt, The Netherlands

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 1 Westerscheldt,The Netherlands.jpg

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 1 Westerscheldt,The Netherlands.jpg

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 1 Westerscheldt, The Netherlands

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 2 Westerscheldt,The Netherlands.jpg

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 2 Westerscheldt, The Netherlands

Knot Calidris c.islandica 2CY 02062008 Westerscheldt, The Netherlands

>return to Knots 5

1 Kentish Plover> / 2 Hudsonian Whimbrel> / 3 Hudsonian Dunlin> / 4 Interesting Wader> /

5 Knots> / 6 Baltic Dunlin> / 7 The Sanderling Calidris alba> / 8 Little Stint Calidris minuta> /

9 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis> / 10 Dunlin Calidris alpina in juvenile plumage> / 11 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus> /

12 Golden Plover> /

OR: 29 sep 2009