Shorebirds (Charadriiformes)
All winter (basic) plumage except for 4L.
The darker-backed ones in the bottom row are western breeders.
Strange leucistic bird at 3L in Cherokee, OK on 20 Mar 1999.
Most of these are of the western breeding subspecies T. s. inornatus except for the one at 8L, which is T. s. semipalmata.
Note that two of the shots near the bottom have a couple of Purple Sandpipers also.
Note: All of these photos are from Tanzania in Jan 2005, within the same two week stretch, but look at the variation in leg color..
