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Rick Bowes | all galleries >> 2013 Various Galleries >> 2013 shots taken in Duxbury not on the Beach > Dowitchers at Golden Reservoir, Duxbury, MA - Nov. 16, 2013
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16-NOV-2013

Dowitchers at Golden Reservoir, Duxbury, MA - Nov. 16, 2013

These 3 Dowitchers landed about 75 yds from me while I was scoping Golden Reservoir (in the "Duxbury Bogs" area during the annual South Shore Bird Club Waterbird survey. They were silent so no vocal help with the identification.

The photos were taken with full zoom on my Canon Powershot hence further enlarging isn't helpful when trying to study the tertials. That said, this photo (and a 2nd poorer one) appears to show markings that suggest a Short-billed. Overall, though, the chunkiness and the very dark chests lead me to think Long-billed - also this late date is more likely to produce long-billeds. Absent anything conclusive, these will be reported as Dowitchers (sp.)

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS
1/200s f/5.9 at 80.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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