CLOSED: Shorebird ID's Winter plumage already

Lakeland, FL

Okay, I have 6 photos, some are confusing me because they look like they have winter plumage already, okay it's Sep so isn't that a little early. Maybe I'm miss IDing them.

1. ?Marbled Godwit
2. No idea
3. Maybe juv sandwich terns
4. Willet with winter plumage
5/6 no clue

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Lakeland, FL

# 2

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Lakeland, FL

# 3

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Lakeland, FL

#4

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Lakeland, FL

#5

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Lakeland, FL

#6

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Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b)

2 & 5 Black-bellied Plovers with Ruddy Turnstone behind the Plover in #5

6 maybe Spotted Sandpiper

Sandusky, OH

Nice shots!
No.1 Marbled Godwit
No.2 Black-bellied Plover
No.3 Sandwich Terns
No.4 Willet
No.5 Black-bellied Plover...agree Ruddy Turnstone lurking behind
No.6 possibly a Solitary Sandpiper

Lakeland, FL

Thank you so much everyone. That's 2 new birds for me, I'll look up the new ones and see how to ID them better in the future.

Lakeland, FL

Now that I have a better idea of what to look for I'm wondering if #6 is a spotted sandpiper because of the eyeliner?

Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Ditto to Burd on ##1-5, and to Lagerfran on #6

Resin

Lakeland, FL

Thank you Resin, that's another new one, woo hoo. I need to spend more time at the shore.

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