Bird Identification: Bolivar Peninsula Migration, 1 by rntx22

rntx22 wrote:
Oh and I have another one from today, its a tough one!! We rented a beach house on Bolivar peninsula and I was just running to the store really quick and didn\'t bring my camera or binoculars with me. On the way back to the beach house, I passed this persons yard that was slightly flooded from recent rains. There was a huge flock of these brown shorebirds going crazy in the muddy grass. All I had with me was my phone so the best I could do was get a pic with that. It is really a terrible photo, but if anyone can make something out of it that would be awesome.
The birds in person looked to me like short billed dowitcher possibly... or perhaps stilt sandpiper? Many of them had a bit of a reddish/brown stomach. In this picture there are a few flying and you can see the white on their back in flight, I was hoping that might help the ID.