I waited all day at school to watch this! I got the notification in the morning and was so excited to watch it later. I am a beginning birder but shorebirds are actually probably my favorite types of birds. I just had a vacation in New England and my mom and I went searching for the endangered piping plover.. we saw the last 3 plovers before they left the beach and I absolutely fell in love! We spend hours just watching them and following them at a distance. They are the cutest little birds to me. :)
Brooke Huxell Hi Brooke-welcome to the wonders of birds! Shorebirds as definitely fun. In California, winter is a bonanza of little legs running in and out of waves. Have FUN!
thanks a lot for watching Brooke! I first got into birding in New England--I went to high school there. I have seen piping plovers at Seabrooke Beach in New Hampshire a few times. very special bird, I am glad you saw them!! :) keep up the birding
Adventure Ed I always enjoy watching your videos!! It’s so great to be able to learn from someone whose living out what you want to do with your future. RUclips is really a great thing! Keep up the birding as well and I hope you’re enjoying what you do :) I sure enjoy watching whatever you share! By the way, do you have any recommendations for places in SoCal to go birding? Like maybe your favorite spots? And where do you like to watch for shorebirds? :)
Brooke Huxell I got interested in birds when I was traveling around Southeast Asia. After I returned to San Francisco I lived in an apartment that was ONE BLOCK from Golden Gate Park, so every weekend that it wasn’t pouring down rain, I walked through the park. And from this, I eventually figured out that different areas had different birds because the habitats had subtle differences. I discovered that not all birds are here all of the time. Habitat and migration are two of the most basic variables to birding, but until I found my patch, it simply hadn’t occurred to me that it wasn’t random. So my top recommendations to new birders is to find a place that you love and for at least a year bird it every time you go out. Also, every county has an Audubon society: San Francisco/Alameda counties=Golden Gate Audubon, San Mateo County=Sequoia Audubon, Mendocino County=Peregrine Society, etc.; join your county’s group and go on as many walks with them as you can fit into your schedule. Get on your county’s listserve to receive notifications about what various people are seeing-I used to receive SFBirds notifications, now I receive them from MendoBirds. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
One little pneumonic device I use when I know what I’m looking at is either a Western or Least Sandpiper (the itty-bitty peeps) is that *Least* Sandpipers have *light* legs. I just got so tired of having to look it up in my field guide that I made this up to help myself remember.
I do bird watching in Costa Rica just having all the migratory sps back, very worth it. Thanks for the video, I normally take the photos of the shorebirds with my telescope and the cellphone and ck them once back home, rather than start saying my guess right away.
I live in Northeast Texas and I've been doing bird photography for a little over a year. We have a lot of different shore birds come through this area during both migrations. The problem is, we don't have shores except for a few lakes in the area. But we do have farm fields which get partially to completely flooded during the late winter (February & March) and stay flooded for a couple of months. This is where we find most of our shore birds. I have a couple of books and a friend whom is also a bird photographer and we go out together looking for, finding and photographing birds. I'm still learning what to look for and how to identify birds so I am a work in progress. Thank you for your video.
All great tips Ed, and beautiful shots! My go to with shorebirds is definitely the shape of the body when dealing with sandpipers and other plovers, some are more colorful and distinct than others but size is a good tell, especially bill length. I can’t wait for more birding content from you, it’s always amazing! - Evan and Harrison
We’re doing really well, we’re in college at Ohio State now so that’s been interesting, and we would love to! A collab would be incredible, and a huge honor!
Thank you for the great tips vudeo. Are there any gidros about flight of shorebirds? I had a fliwck over a plowed field fly up ..very distinctive flight as a group. Just curious.
Thanks for the vid. Bill length and shape can be quite variable (I'm thinking for example Whimbrels and Curlews which you might think of as being easy to separate all the time). The most experienced birders will factor in everything they can think of including vocalizations and knowledge of migration habits, feeding behavior, etc
Florida Birding and Wildlife Nice Roseate Spoonbill. I’ve only ever seen one, on a self-guided birding trip to Aransas NWR on the Gulf of Mexico [south a smallish distance from Corpus Christi].
@@maryrosekent8223 Thanks! I live in key largo and visit the everglades alot, and theres a good chance youll find some spoonbills most lf the time when you go:) they are my fave!
I've just learned there are easy, and common shorebirds, there are less easy, seasonal shorebirds, and there are a bunch I'll never figure out. Lessers and greaters, long-billeds and short-billeds, and distant peeps. I usually cross my fingers and hope someone with a scope, who looks like they know things, shows up.
Also I think shorebirds are SO much less drab than some songbirds in the chaparral. I literally had a bird book called “drab birds of the arid southwest”
A shorebird is any bird of the order Charadriiformes, whilst shorebird belonging to the families Turnicidae (Buttonquails), Pedionomidae (Plains Wanderer), Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes), Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes), Jacanidae (Jacanas), Scolopacidae (Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Woodcocks, Dowitchers, Phalaropes, Shanks, Tattlers, Turnstones, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff, and Surfbird), Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings), Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover), Recurvirostridae (Avocets and Stilts), Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill), Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers), Burhinidae (Stone-Curlews), Chionididae (Sheathbills), Glareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers), Dromadidae (Crab Plover), Pluvianidae (Crocodile Bird) are specifically called waders, interestingly enough, waders are a paraphyletic group of shorebirds because the families Burhinidae, Chionidae, Glareolidae, Dromadidae, and Pluvianidae are more closely related to the families Laridae (Gulls), Stercorariidae (Skuas), Sternidae (Terns, Noddies, and Skimmers), and Fraterculidae (Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets) than to other waders, additionally shorebirds range in size from sandpipers to skuas.
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Does anyone here have any tips for identifying shorebirds? Let me know your thoughts below
I waited all day at school to watch this! I got the notification in the morning and was so excited to watch it later. I am a beginning birder but shorebirds are actually probably my favorite types of birds. I just had a vacation in New England and my mom and I went searching for the endangered piping plover.. we saw the last 3 plovers before they left the beach and I absolutely fell in love! We spend hours just watching them and following them at a distance. They are the cutest little birds to me. :)
Brooke Huxell
Hi Brooke-welcome to the wonders of birds! Shorebirds as definitely fun. In California, winter is a bonanza of little legs running in and out of waves. Have FUN!
thanks a lot for watching Brooke! I first got into birding in New England--I went to high school there. I have seen piping plovers at Seabrooke Beach in New Hampshire a few times. very special bird, I am glad you saw them!! :) keep up the birding
Mary Rose Kent Thanks for the welcome!! Also, I’m from California! Do you have any recommendations for specific spots to watch for shorebirds? :)
Adventure Ed I always enjoy watching your videos!! It’s so great to be able to learn from someone whose living out what you want to do with your future. RUclips is really a great thing! Keep up the birding as well and I hope you’re enjoying what you do :) I sure enjoy watching whatever you share! By the way, do you have any recommendations for places in SoCal to go birding? Like maybe your favorite spots? And where do you like to watch for shorebirds? :)
Brooke Huxell
I got interested in birds when I was traveling around Southeast Asia. After I returned to San Francisco I lived in an apartment that was ONE BLOCK from Golden Gate Park, so every weekend that it wasn’t pouring down rain, I walked through the park. And from this, I eventually figured out that different areas had different birds because the habitats had subtle differences. I discovered that not all birds are here all of the time. Habitat and migration are two of the most basic variables to birding, but until I found my patch, it simply hadn’t occurred to me that it wasn’t random. So my top recommendations to new birders is to find a place that you love and for at least a year bird it every time you go out. Also, every county has an Audubon society: San Francisco/Alameda counties=Golden Gate Audubon, San Mateo County=Sequoia Audubon, Mendocino County=Peregrine Society, etc.; join your county’s group and go on as many walks with them as you can fit into your schedule. Get on your county’s listserve to receive notifications about what various people are seeing-I used to receive SFBirds notifications, now I receive them from MendoBirds. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
Love being by the seaside and filming birds. It's so relaxing.
it is awesome!!
One little pneumonic device I use when I know what I’m looking at is either a Western or Least Sandpiper (the itty-bitty peeps) is that *Least* Sandpipers have *light* legs. I just got so tired of having to look it up in my field guide that I made this up to help myself remember.
that sounds like a great way to remember!
I'd also recommend the 10x42 Bino's for shorebirds, that extra 2x zoom makes a difference when you don't have a scope.
Great tips, bud! Shorebirds and Gulls were the two groups that took me the longest to get into.
thanks a lot :)
I do bird watching in Costa Rica just having all the migratory sps back, very worth it. Thanks for the video, I normally take the photos of the shorebirds with my telescope and the cellphone and ck them once back home, rather than start saying my guess right away.
thanks for watching :)
I live in Northeast Texas and I've been doing bird photography for a little over a year. We have a lot of different shore birds come through this area during both migrations. The problem is, we don't have shores except for a few lakes in the area. But we do have farm fields which get partially to completely flooded during the late winter (February & March) and stay flooded for a couple of months. This is where we find most of our shore birds. I have a couple of books and a friend whom is also a bird photographer and we go out together looking for, finding and photographing birds. I'm still learning what to look for and how to identify birds so I am a work in progress. Thank you for your video.
Helpful video! Shorebirds are tough!
Good info in this video, I'll just say that pectoral sandpiper is much bigger than any peep - like, just over two inches longer.
All great tips Ed, and beautiful shots! My go to with shorebirds is definitely the shape of the body when dealing with sandpipers and other plovers, some are more colorful and distinct than others but size is a good tell, especially bill length. I can’t wait for more birding content from you, it’s always amazing!
- Evan and Harrison
We gotta do some birding when we collab some day! Hope you guys are doing wel
We’re doing really well, we’re in college at Ohio State now so that’s been interesting, and we would love to! A collab would be incredible, and a huge honor!
The Wildlife Brothers he’ll yeah man! You guys are officially buckeyes?!!! Go Big Ten!
Yes sir!
Thank you for the great tips vudeo. Are there any gidros about flight of shorebirds? I had a fliwck over a plowed field fly up ..very distinctive flight as a group. Just curious.
Thanks for the vid. Bill length and shape can be quite variable (I'm thinking for example Whimbrels and Curlews which you might think of as being easy to separate all the time). The most experienced birders will factor in everything they can think of including vocalizations and knowledge of migration habits, feeding behavior, etc
Shorebirds are the best! Good video
Great perspective on shorebirds/wading birds. I find them hard to identify so some do get overlooked. Im going to have give your method a try!
Florida Birding and Wildlife
Nice Roseate Spoonbill. I’ve only ever seen one, on a self-guided birding trip to Aransas NWR on the Gulf of Mexico [south a smallish distance from Corpus Christi].
@@maryrosekent8223 Thanks! I live in key largo and visit the everglades alot, and theres a good chance youll find some spoonbills most lf the time when you go:) they are my fave!
Florida Birding and Wildlife
Spoonbills are classified with Ibises in the family Threskiornithidae.
@@maryrosekent8223 your right I believe I read that somewhere as well!:)
Could you do a video on cameras for birding?
yes at some point I will :)
I've just learned there are easy, and common shorebirds, there are less easy, seasonal shorebirds, and there are a bunch I'll never figure out. Lessers and greaters, long-billeds and short-billeds, and distant peeps. I usually cross my fingers and hope someone with a scope, who looks like they know things, shows up.
Lol yes little peeps are soooo hard!!
Thankyou
"... good luck on being a super buge nerd."
Yes sir, thank you sir 🤣 self-awareness is very important, yaknow. Bahaha
San elijo lagoon?
Also I think shorebirds are SO much less drab than some songbirds in the chaparral. I literally had a bird book called “drab birds of the arid southwest”
Kristina Lynn The OB famosa slough
Kristina Lynn lol I guess sparrows are drab, and so are bushtits wrentits California towhees and california thrashers
A shorebird is any bird of the order Charadriiformes, whilst shorebird belonging to the families Turnicidae (Buttonquails), Pedionomidae (Plains Wanderer), Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes), Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes), Jacanidae (Jacanas), Scolopacidae (Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Woodcocks, Dowitchers, Phalaropes, Shanks, Tattlers, Turnstones, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff, and Surfbird), Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings), Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover), Recurvirostridae (Avocets and Stilts), Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill), Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers), Burhinidae (Stone-Curlews), Chionididae (Sheathbills), Glareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers), Dromadidae (Crab Plover), Pluvianidae (Crocodile Bird) are specifically called waders, interestingly enough, waders are a paraphyletic group of shorebirds because the families Burhinidae, Chionidae, Glareolidae, Dromadidae, and Pluvianidae are more closely related to the families Laridae (Gulls), Stercorariidae (Skuas), Sternidae (Terns, Noddies, and Skimmers), and Fraterculidae (Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets) than to other waders, additionally shorebirds range in size from sandpipers to skuas.
Befriend a scope owner, steal their scope, run away, move to zimbabwe and live in hiding.
lol yes good strategy!!
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