Date: 11/24/25 7:51 am From: Robert Lewis (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Curlew Sanpiper
Chris and Jamie are right. This is a Dunlin.
Bob Lewis
Durham NC.
On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:43:31 AM EST, Jamie Adams" (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> wrote:
Look at the rump, Curlew SP would have a white rump and clean flanks.
Jamie Adams
New Hanover, NC
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM Chris Marsh <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> Reading the description I see why one might think this is a curlew sandpiper, but this bird’s bill is not the right shape for a curlew sandpiper. A curlew sandpiper’s bill is is more strongly decurved than the bill of this dunlin and the tip is more slender
>
>
> Chris Marsh
> (843)252-9784
> <cmarshlci...>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM Karen LORENZO <carolinabirds...> wrote:
>> The bird in the image is a Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) in non-breeding plumage. It can be distinguished from a Dunlin by its slightly larger size, longer legs, and longer, finer, more downcurved bill.
>>
>> I have seen a dunlin before, generally the head
>> on the dunlin is more stout.
>>
>> This is what came up when adding the
>> image to "Google image"
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 10:20 AM Michael Fogleman <fogleman...> wrote:
>>> I found Karen's photos here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcNtGSEWyh/ >>>
>>> Michael
>>> Cary, NC
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM Karen LORENZO <carolinabirds...> wrote:
>>>> Not on either of them, sorry.
>>>>
>>>> It is posted to instagram under rare bird
>>>> #rareshorebird
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 9:40 AM Robert Lewis <rfermat...> wrote:
>>>>> Can you post photos to ebird or "What's this Bird" on facebook?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>>> Durham NC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 08:30:28 AM EST, Karen LORENZO" (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not an avid birder, I just happened upon this bird while at Fort Fisher.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I looked up the photos I had taken, research says it is a curlew sandpiper.
>>>>>
>>>>> * After migrating to the Arctic from as far away as South Africa, male Curlew Sandpipers only stay for about 10 days to breed before heading back south. Females stay longer to incubate eggs and care for chicks, but as soon as the young are independent (at 2–3 weeks of age), females also take off to the south.
>>>>> * With its penchant for flying long distances, Curlew Sandpiper can turn up just about anywhere. This species is a rare but regular visitor to North America, where it has occurred in at least 45 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
