Blucher Park Empid
Anybody want to ID this Empid Seen in Blucher Park yesterday?


Anybody want to ID this Empid Seen in Blucher Park yesterday?


Was able to see this lifer reported at Hooks woods on recent trip to High Island. Not many lifer left for me on our annual High Island trip.
Here’s a comparison of Semipalmated with a Least. So I think we can see actual black legs here on this sandpiper. It’s a short-winged bird; wings are just atop tail. Bill is short and pretty straight. Overall coloration is fairly pale, not brown. Baird’s and Least are brown-hued birds. Both also have a chest coloration…
Anyone who missed Cin Ty Lee’s talk on Empids you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_bqVZaYqw I’m about to watch
Allan and I had a good commune with the Glaucous Gull in Corpus yesterday. (Missed the Iceland Gull there for the 4th time).
Here’s some more bad photos for perusal. Bird 1. Thanks to all who are posting and commenting!!! Just what I hoped for.
For you recent Gulls Class graduates!!