Identify These Peeps

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Identify these peeps -- photographed at Bolivar Flats, Texas.

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 June 2008 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

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I agree with Nick, except that I would leave the back left unidentified since it's not in focus and part of the bill is missing.

I agree with Nick, except that I would leave the back left unidentified since it's not in focus and part of the bill is missing.

Yeah, but the back left bird still has too much rufous on the shoulder and crown to be a semi-palmated SP.

Front two are semi-palmateds, rear two are westerns.

By Albatrossity (not verified) on 18 Jul 2008 #permalink

I believe you'll find that it is the elusive purple-breasted birthday bird. In molt.

I feel good that I thought "sandpipers," though.

HJ

Thems burds.

Now teh flurry of IDs has died down, I have to say it seems you gave it away by posting a picture slightly earlier in which you identified these very birds as "Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers". Didn't you?