Two more juv. Semipalmated Sandpipers (SESAs), all photographed
near Fort Worth, Texas on August 13, 1999 by Martin Reid.
1) On this bird note the extremely long (for SESA) primary projection
beyond the tertials - it looks to be comfortably within that expected
for RNST:
2) Here's another bird showing gaps in the plumage (dropped
feathers awaiting fresh winter replacements). With the sun from
the left, its other striking feature is not visible, but -
- note how the lateral crown area above the supercilium is fairly
pale;
- and in fact it has strikingly-demarcated central and lateral
crown zones:
