DIGISCOPED SHOREBIRDSDIGISCOPED SHOREBIRDS
From South Beach and
Monomoy Island,
Chatham, Massachusetts
These shorebirds images (with one exception) were digiscoped using a Nikon Coolpix 995 camera and a Leica Televid telescope with a 20-60X eyepiece. All are copyright 2003 by Blair Nikula.
Black-bellied Plover - worn alternate plumage
Black-bellied Plover - basic plumage
Black-bellied Plover - juvenile
Semipalmated Plover - adult
Semipalmated Plover - juvenile
Semipalmated Plover - juvenile
Semipalmated Plover - juvenile
American Oystercatcher - adult
Greater Yellowlegs - adult,
molting into basic
Greater Yellowlegs - juvenile
Greater Yellowlegs - juvenile
Greater Yellowlegs - juvenile
Willet - eastern race, adult,
alternate plumage
Willet - western race, adult, molting into basic
Whimbrel - juvenile
Whimbrel - juvenile
Whimbrel - juvenile
Whimbrel - juvenile
Whimbrel & Lesser Yellowleg - juveniles
Hudsonian Godwit - adult, alternate plumage
Hudsonian Godwit - adult, alternate plumage
Hudsonian Godwit - juvenile
Hudsonian Godwit - juvenile
Hudsonian Godwit - juvenile
Marbled Godwit & Willet (western)
Semipalmated Sandpiper - juvenile
Semipalmated Sandpiper - juvenile
Western Sandpiper - adult, basic
plumage
Western Sandpiper - adult, basic plumage
Western Sandpiper - adult, basic plumage
Least Sandpiper - adult, alternate
plumage
Least Sandpiper - adult, alternate plumage
Least Sandpiper - basic plumage
White-rumped Sandpiper - adult,
moulting
White-rumped Sandpiper - adults, moulting
White-rumped Sandpiper - juvenile
White-rumped Sandpiper - juvenile
Pectoral Sandpiper - juvenile
Pectoral Sandpiper - juvenile
Pectoral Sandpiper - juvenile
Stilt Sandpiper - juvenile
Stilt Sandpiper - juvenile
Stilt Sandpiper - juvenile
Short-billed Dowitcher - adult
Short-billed Dowitcher - adult
Short-billed Dowitcher - juvenile
Short-billed Dowitcher - juvenile
Short-billed Dowitcher (midwestern race) - adult