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Juvenile Red Knot and Other Shorebirds
Presqu'ile Provincial
Park on 22 September 2011 |
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Juvenile Red Knot at
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, on 22 September 2011 |
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Juvenile Red Knot
watching for aerial predators such as Merlin on 22 September at
Presqu'ile Provincial Park. |
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As water levels in Lake Ontario drop,
mats of algae at Owen Point attract many shorebirds. Presqu'ile
Provincial Park on 22 September 2011. |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper in juvenile
plumage at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 22 September 2011. |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper beginning to molt
from juvenal into formative (first winter) plumage. This is unusual
because juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers normally do not molt while
migrating through southern Ontario. Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 22
September 2011. |
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Adult White-rumped Sandpiper molting
into basic plumage. Adult White-rumps undergo a body molt while
staging at migration stopovers such as James Bay. They will molt
wings and tail when they reach the wintering grounds in South
America. Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 22 September 2011 |
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Juvenile Sanderling
moving the prehensile tip to its bill. Presqu'ile on 22 September
2011 |
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Juvenile Semipalmated
Plover at Presqu'ile on 22 September 2011 |
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Juvenile Pectoral
Sandpiper at Presqu'ile on 22 September 2011 |
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