I found this bird on the rocks along the southern shore of Acadia National Park in Maine last week. At first I thought it was a sandpiper and then perhaps a Yellowleg. Please help identify this bird.
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I found this bird on the rocks along the southern shore of Acadia National Park in Maine last week. At first I thought it was a sandpiper and then perhaps a Yellowleg. Please help identify this bird.
You are in the right family of bird with the shorebirds. It's a dowitcher, and going by location (thank you for including that) likely a Short-billed Dowitcher. The reddish wash on the chest is the breeding plumage washing away and faded (a worn adult probably starting to molt into winter plumage).
What Daniel said... Good for Short-billed Dowitcher for me too.
