Birding Alaska

A single Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus in a flock of Rock Sandpipers Calidris ptilocnemis, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009.

Dunlin Calidris alpina and Rock Sandpipers, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009.

High tide today pushed a flock of about 2,500 Rock Sandpipers, 150 Dunlin and one stubborn Long-billed Dowitcher into the rocky corner of the Homer boat harbor.  Rock Sandpipers and Dunlin are regular at this time of year, but the dowitcher is setting a new late record each day.