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This bird was seen by numerous birders at Anahuac NWR. Chunky medium-sized shorebird with orange legs, black bill, buff upper chest, and the oft cocked back feathers.
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Philomachus pugnax Merrem, 1804, Ruff, Klydesø, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 August 2014
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Juvenile female? That's the closest I can find in my field guide.
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Juvenile female? That's the closest I can find in my field guide.
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Juvenile female? That's the closest I can find in my field guide.
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This bird was 50 yards away, but got an image or two
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In the Marinha da Troncalhada Ecomuseum, Aveiro, Portugal.
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In the Marinha da Troncalhada Ecomuseum, Aveiro, Portugal.
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In the Marinha da Troncalhada Ecomuseum, Aveiro, Portugal.
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In the Marinha da Troncalhada Ecomuseum, Aveiro, Portugal.
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I saw quite a few of them feeding in the rice fields.
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Loosely associated with Lesser Yellowlegs.
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Loosely associated with Lesser Yellowlegs.
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Loosely associated with Lesser Yellowlegs.
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Greg Lasley found a Ruff (Reeve) at the Williamson Creek WWTP and called me. I was able to get out there in late afternoon; I made this field sketch of the bird. The record was later accepted as the 6th Texas record of the species (TBRC 1988-6; Amer. Birds 37:200). The WWTP was later abandoned and converted into part of the Roy Kizer Golf Course. An eBird checklist for this day is available at: http://ebird.org/ebird/tx/view/checklist?subID=S16922351
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More information at: http://cretenature.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/sun-sex-and-sandpipers.html
