Shorebird Comparisons

American Golden Plover	Black-Bellied Plover
Spring bird molting into alternate plumage Bird in full alternate plumage.	Portrait of bird in alternate plumage Closeup of bird in basic plumage.
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Western Sandpiper
Closeup of bill. Head-on shot. Alternate Plumage of a bird with drooped tip to bill. Bird with fairly long bill and in alternate plumage. Bird in full alternate plumage.	Juvenile Plumage Juvenile Plumage. Bird molting out of alternate plumage. Bird molting out of alternate plumage. Bird in basic plumage.
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper
The bird in this picture is molting into alternate plumage.	This picture shows a adult bird in alternate plumage.
White-Rumped Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper
This is a closeup of a white-rumped sandpiper.	This picture shows a adult of this type inalternate plumage.
White-Rumped Sandpiper	Baird's Sandpiper
Closeup. Portrait.	Portrait. Extreme Closeup.

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