On August 13, 2016 the RBA hosted a Shorebird ID workshop. Led by Dominic Sherony and attended by 40 area birders, the workshop revealed a systematic approach to the identification of area shorebirds. In the last two years, many area birders have submitted images to RBA of area shorebirds. We have grouped those images similar to how they were grouped in the recent workshop.
NOTE: this page is in DRAFT form awaiting an internal review of bird IDs. If you challenge any of the IDs, please let us know immediately at info@rochesterbirding.org.
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PLOVERS
Semipalmated Plover – Montezuma NWR – © Dana Kalir – Oct 02, 2015
Black-bellied Plover – Montezuma NWR (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 26, 2015
Black-bellied Plover – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Semipalmated Plover – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Sep 14, 2015
Semipalmated Plover – Lakeside Beach Park – © Dick Horsey – Sep 03, 2015
Semipalmated Plover – Hamlin Beach Park – © Dick Horsey – Aug 30, 2015
Semipalmated Plover – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 19, 2015
Semipalmated Plover – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Dick Horsey – July 17, 2015
Mountain Plover – Arizona © Dominic Sherony
Black-bellied Plover – Emerald Isle, NC © Richard Ashworth
Black-bellied Plover – Emerald Isle, NC © Richard Ashworth
Black-bellied Plover – Emerald Isle, NC © Richard Ashworth
SANDPIPERS
Spotted Sandpiper – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Aug 12, 2016
Least Sandpiper – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Aug 12, 2016
Semipalmated Sandpiper – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Aug 12, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper (L) and Greater Yellowlegs (R) – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Aug 09, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper – Brickyard Trail – © Dick Horsey – Aug 01, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 27, 2016
Semipalmated Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 27, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 27, 2016
Least Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Jul 26, 2016
Least Sandpiper – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Jul 22, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 18, 2016
Semipalmated Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 18, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 18, 2016
Least Sandpiper – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Jul 15, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – May 31, 2016
Least Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 18, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 18, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 10, 2016
Least Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 10, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 10, 2016
Spotted Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 03, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper – High Acres Nature Area (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Apr 23, 2016
Pectoral Sandpiper – Avon – © Nick Kachala – Mar 28, 2016
Purple Sandpiper © Jay Greenburg
Purple Sandpiper – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Nick Kachala – Jan 02, 2016
Purple Sandpiper – Sodus Bay – © Joe Wing – Nov 28, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Batavia WTP – © Dick Horsey – Oct 17, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Batavia WTP – © Dick Horsey – Oct 17, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Oatka Creek Park – © Jim Adams – Oct 03, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Oct 03, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 26, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Oatka Creek Park – © Jim Adams – Sep 27, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper with Northern Shoveler – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Sep 14, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Sep 11, 2015
Stilt Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Sep 05, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 31, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 30, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Vern Lindberg – Aug 21, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Charlotte Beach – © Dick Horsey – Aug 19, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 19, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 19, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Stilt Sandpiper (L & C) – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper (R) – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Upland Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 14, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper (Juv) – Oatka Creek Park – © Jim Adams – Aug 08, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Peggy Mabb – Aug 08, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Peggy Mabb – Aug 08, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Peggy Mabb – Aug 08, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 06, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 06, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 02, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 02, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Oatka Creek Park – © Jim Adams – Aug 02, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – July 26, 2015
Solitary Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – July 26, 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Dick Horsey – July 18, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Dick Horsey – July 17, 2015
Least Sandpiper – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Dick Horsey – July 16, 2015
Spotted Sandpiper – Burger Park – © Dick Horsey – July 07, 2015
Sanderling and Least Sandpiper – Hamlin Beach SP, Sept 14_ Doug Daniels
Upland Sandpiper © Dominic Sherony
Purple Sandpiper – Vagrant © Chuck Schleigh
Purple Sandpiper – Vagrant © Chuck Schleigh
Spotted Sandpiper at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge © D. Sherony, Montezuma National Refuge
PHALAROPES
Wilson’s Phalarope (R) (RBA Field Trip) – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 22, 2015
Red Phalarope – Hamlin Beach SP, Sept. 14, 2014 _ Brad Carlson (rare)
Wilson’s Phalarope – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Aug 31, 2016
GREATER & LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Tringas)
Lesser Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Aug 09, 2016
Solitary Sandpiper (L) and Greater Yellowlegs (R) – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Aug 09, 2016
Lesser Yellowlegs – King’s Bend Park – © Dick Horsey – Jul 22, 2016
Lesser Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Jul 16, 2016
Lesser Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 18, 2016
Greater Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 03, 2016
Lesser Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 03, 2016
Greater Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Salvador and Miriam Barragan – Apr 10, 2016
Lesser Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Oct 23, 2015
Greater Yellowlegs – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Oct 23, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 26, 2015
Greater (L) and Lesser (R) Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Lesser (L) and Greater (R) Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Sep 11, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Lakeside Beach Park – © Dick Horsey – Sep 03, 2015
Greater Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 31, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 31, 2015
Greater Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 06, 2015
Greater Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – July 26, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – July 26, 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs – Montezuma NWR – © Dana Kalir – July 15, 2015
DOWITCHERS
Short-billed Dowitcher – Canandaigua Lake – © Katy Schwingle – May 20, 2016
Short-billed Dowitcher – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 18, 2016
Long-billed Dowitcher – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Nov 05, 2015
Long-billed Dowitcher – Montezuma NWR (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 26, 2015
Short-billed (L & R) and Long-billed (C) Dowitcher – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Long-billed Dowitcher – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Sep 05, 2015
Short-billed Dowitcher (RBA Field Trip) – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 22, 2015
Short-billed Dowitcher – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
WHIMBRELS AND GODWITS
(sorry, no godwits in the RBA media gallery. If you have one to share, send it to rochesterbirds2@gmail.com)
Whimbrel – Summerville Pier – © Peggy Mabb – Aug 13, 2015
Whimbrel – Summerville Pier – © Peggy Mabb – Aug 13, 2015
Whimbrel – Irondequoit Bay Outlet – © Joe Wing – July 15, 2015
Hudsonian Godwit – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Oct 03, 2015
Hudsonian Godwit – Montezuma NWR – © Dana Kalir – Oct 02, 2015
DUNLINS & SANDERLINGS
Dunlin – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – May 03, 2016
Dunlin – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Nov 05, 2015
Dunlin – LaSalle Landing – © Dick Horsey – Nov 01, 2015
Dunlin – High Acres Nature Area – © Dick Horsey – Oct 23, 2015
Dunlin – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Sanderling – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Jul 26, 2016
Sanderling – Summerville Pier – © Vern Lindberg – Aug 21, 2015
Sanderling – Charlotte Beach – © Dick Horsey – Aug 19, 2015
Sanderling – Summerville Pier – © Dick Horsey – Aug 14, 2015
Sanderling – Charlotte Beach – © Dick Horsey – July 17, 2015
Sanderling – Emerald Isle, NC © Richard Ashworth
Sanderling and Least Sandpiper – Hamlin Beach SP, Sept 14_ Doug Daniels
PECTORAL SANDPIPER AND RED KNOT
(sorry, no RED KNOTS in the RBA media gallery. If you have one to share, send it to rochesterbirds2@gmail.com)
Pectoral Sandpiper – Avon – © Nick Kachala – Mar 28, 2016
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Oct 03, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR (RBA Field Trip) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 26, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper with Northern Shoveler – Montezuma NWR (Muckrace) – © Dick Horsey – Sep 19, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper (R) – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 15, 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper – Montezuma NWR – © Dick Horsey – Aug 06, 2015
