Juvenile Sanderlings, Miami

By Charlie • January 12, 2005 • No comments yet

Juvenile Sanderlings Calidris alba
Miami, Florida. November 2004

Adult Sanderlings usually complete their moult to non-breeding plumage by the end of September.

The following four individuals, part of a flock of about twenty birds, are juveniles in different stages of moult photographed in early November: note the dark tertials and “mottled” upperparts of the two birds in images 01 - 04, and the more advanced moult of the bird featured in images 06 - 08.

Image 01 - individual 1

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Image 02 - individual 2

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Image 03 - individual 2

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Image 04 - individual 2

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Image 05 - individuals 3 (left) and 4 (right)

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Image 06 - individual 3

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Image 07 - individual 3

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Image 08 - individual 3

All photographs © Charlie Moores

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?