tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post1545018108847187278..comments2023-10-12T15:20:04.013+01:00Comments on The Two Bird Theory: The Topsham StintTim Worfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-64573938191303454892021-03-20T10:43:28.723+00:002021-03-20T10:43:28.723+00:00Wonderful post
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One or two observers were happy with Semi-P and, in spite of my strongly expressed doubts, still seem intent on submitting as such. At the time I was extremely dubious we could ever be sure what it was, now I think it most likely a LS, although happy to be persuaded otherwise by someone with rather more experience and skill than me (I've only seen a few 100's of Little and Red-necked, a few score Western and a handful of Semi-P's).Tim Worfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-80165645434430635242017-07-28T14:51:38.146+01:002017-07-28T14:51:38.146+01:00Tim, good to read some more about this bird. I'...Tim, good to read some more about this bird. I've been keeping a close eye on "interesting midsummer stints" for a few years, as they keep getting reported, and invariably they turn out to be Little Stints. We should ignore the possibility of a July stint being a juvenile (it's about a month too early) and are then left with just breeding-plumaged adults and first-summers as the possible age classes. Breeding-plumaged adults of all four species are distinctive birds if seen well at this time of year, and look nothing like this bird. As you say, it's a first-summer. First-summers of all four species look much the same, and I don't know why they are so often claimed as possible non-Littles. The default position with a bird that looks like this should be that it's a first-summer Little Stint, with other species only considered if there is something to suggest that this is not the right identification. The fact that a bird is dull grey brown means nothing more than that it's a first-summer, not that it's likely to be any other species. So the question i have is; what was it about this bird in particular that made some observers think it might be a Semi-p? Is there something I'm missing about its appearance?Steve Preddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-78644634467847589882017-07-28T11:21:49.346+01:002017-07-28T11:21:49.346+01:00Thanks Mike. You mention Keith's picture (plur...Thanks Mike. You mention Keith's picture (plural), have you seen more than the one he posted on Devon Birds? Would be very interested to see side view of the head/bill.<br />Re behaviour: I meant to mention something of this but Martin's done the job for me; yes it certainly did sometimes run around very rapidly, in fact this was the reason why no one got a good view of the toes - it never stopped zipping around.Tim Worfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-52767396608572249182017-07-28T10:46:27.958+01:002017-07-28T10:46:27.958+01:00Good educational post Tim, I favoured Little too o...Good educational post Tim, I favoured Little too on overall structure. Keiths close up pictures showed a little stint structured bill without a broad base and no swollen bill tip. His pictures showed a clearly extensive white forehead and seemingly distinctive split supercilium/crown much better for Little Stint. I felt the breast side markings would have been more extensive if it were a Semi-p even in a fs plumage. <br />Amazing that you got that shot of it feet, to me that is the outer and middle toes, difficult to judge accurately but I'm sure if there was bit of webbing there it would show in that picture. <br />The article you referred to is still an essential bit of reference https://www.britishbirds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/article_files/V77/V77_N07/V77_N07_P293_315_A085.pdf and makes a comment that behaviour should not really be relied on, as individual birds can act in different ways - it can sometimes be useful in picking birds up initially - this is the same for pretty much all bird families. However one observer informed me when the bird was on Goosemoor it was certainly running around in a completely Little Stint manor. Mike Langmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769021137483993740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-31639196499321149012017-07-27T20:54:57.120+01:002017-07-27T20:54:57.120+01:00Thanks Martin, I should have said something about ...Thanks Martin, I should have said something about the bird's behaviour but you've saved me the bother and described it admirably, that's just how I saw it.Tim Worfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089047804797090488.post-57458348126774398302017-07-27T18:18:25.060+01:002017-07-27T18:18:25.060+01:00Great write up Tim. Very balanced. While I have n...Great write up Tim. Very balanced. While I have nothing to add regarding the bird's identity, I would like to add an extract from my notes about its behaviour that I made within the hour of seeing the stint: "Kept to waters edge, not in water and not on mud bank. Not as erratic in movement as Little. Seemed more deliberate, though faster than Dunlin it was with. Only made a couple of fast paced sprints. Only kept loose company with Dunlin and flew off alone. Fed by pecking alternate sides in front, head moving side to side."<br /><br />My notes need at least one correction "it did appear as erratic as a Little stint" is a better statement, these things being subjective and sometimes influenced by what one wants to see...<br /><br /><br />From what I've read in a few articles, Western Sand often feeds in the water and this can help pick them out from Semi-ps State side. So perhaps the bird's behaviour is another factor that narrows the debate. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.<br /><br />Looking forward to read what others have to add. After all it has been over 15 years since I've seen a Semi-p or Western.M Elcoatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426467677731852610noreply@blogger.com