Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri

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Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri 

 NF Photo 110202 at salines in Colorado

About Western Sandpiper on wiki
on youtube

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Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea

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Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea 

 NF Photo 110202 at salines in Colorado

This heron looks bigger then it is. My book says 61 cm in hight. That is not much.
More about it on wiki. Little Blue Heron

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Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus

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Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus

 NF Photo 110202 , Salines at Colorado

NF Photo 110203

About Semipalmated Plower on wiki
on youtube

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea

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 NF Photo 110202 at Salines in Colorado

 NF Photo 110203 at Salines in Colorado
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea

This was a place we actually was able to visit twice. Gave me a better shot at this heron. :)

About  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on wiki
catching fish on youtube

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Yellow-billed Cacique - Amblycercus holosericeus

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 NF Photo 110202 at Salines

Honestly I am not 100% sure about this bird. But I think it is that one.
About Yellow-billed Cacique on Avianweb
Video on The Internet Bird Collection
 

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Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors

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Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
 NF Photo 110202 at Salines close to Colorado

About Blue-winged Teal on wiki
on All About Birds
youtube 

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Stilt Sandpiper and Marbled godwit

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Stilt Sandpiper - Micropalama himantopus

Marbled godwit - Limosa fedoa

 NF Photo 110202 at Saltines, Colorado

About Stilt Sandpiper at wiki   on youtube

About Marbled godwit at wiki, on youtube

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Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus

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Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

NF Photo 110202 at the Salines in Colorado close to the Pacific Ocean

About Black-necked Stilt on wiki

They look a little different from the european ones. I have some shots on the Birdblog if you want to compare them.  Black-winged stilt

 youtube


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