Among the estimated 400 shorebirds at Jester tonight I could only ID 9 species. 3 semipalmated Plover, 50 Killdeer,3 lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted sandpiper, 30 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 juvenile Western (bills longer than head, thick at base, and turned down, probing, rufous on scapulars, and black legs), 60 Least Sandpiper, 240 Pectoral Sandpiper, and 12 Stilt. Some are very close, but most are way out and hard to ID. Ray Cummins
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