During the breeding season, the Green Sandpiper male performs a typical display flight, rising first on quickly fluttering or vibrating wings. Then, it flies in circles or semicircular pattern before doing a steep dive on fixed wings. It repeats this display several times, accompanied by song.
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Identification. Dark brown sandpiper with a snowy white belly; in flight looks black above with boldly contrasting white rump. Bobs tail when nervous, but not ...
Jul 2, 2023 · Green sandpipers are not rare birds, but their habit of feeding discreetly around the smallest of muddy margins makes them easy to miss.
The legs and short bill are both dark green. It is conspicuous and characteristically patterned in flight, with the wings dark above and below and a brilliant ...
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A contrasting wader which looks like a large house martin in flight. Its dark, almost black upperparts, pale underparts & white rump are distinctive.
Jan 23, 2021 · During the breeding season, the Green Sandpiper male performs a typical display flight, rising first on quickly fluttering or vibrating wings.
Body is elongated and legs fairly short and greenish. Constantly bobs body and head. In flight the dark rump and white wing-bars are obvious. Often flickers its ...
Aug 8, 2007 · In flight the underwing is dark, as in Green Sandpiper, but the rump is dark with barred sides to the tail, unlike the black and white ...
Sep 8, 2011 · In this BTO identification video we look at the tricky pairing of Wood and Green Sandpipers. The ...
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Posted: Sep 8, 2011
Duration: 5:28
Posted: Sep 8, 2011