{"id":30985,"date":"2025-04-30T10:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=30985"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:48:31","slug":"comparative-photo-of-dowitcher-upperparts-in-alternate-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=30985","title":{"rendered":"Comparative photo of Dowitcher upperparts in Alternate plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A comparative photo of breeding plumage LBDO (left) and \u201cInland\u201d (*hendersoni*) SBDO (right).<\/p>\n<p>Features to look for, include:<\/p>\n<p>**Scapulars &amp; greater coverts**: In fresh breeding plumage, the LBDO has rufous-edged and white-tipped (white crescents) scapular and greater covert feathers. Two white &#8220;blobs&#8221; are on either side of the feather shaft, at the tip of the scapulars and greater coverts. The dark feather shaft comes to a point, creating a white crescent shape to these feathers. The SBDO has more uniform, orangish edging to the same feather tracts, lacking the rufous-edged &amp; white crescent-tipped feathers of SBDO. The overall appearance to the upperside is more uniformly coloured, slightly brighter-backed to the eye with less contrast throughout.<\/p>\n<p>**Flanks:** The LBDO has narrow bars, which are slightly crescent shaped, to the flanks. Usually heaviest near the shoulder. The bars are blackish with a white fringe in fresh breeding plumage. SBDO typically lack the heavily-barred appearance, along with the white fringing to the barring. SBDO are typically more spotted throughout the flanks.<\/p>\n<p>**Underside**: The underside of breeding plumage LBDO is typically more reddish throughout than SBDO, which has more of an orangish colouration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30986\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-300x159.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-300x159.webp 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-1024x543.webp 1024w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-768x407.webp 768w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-1536x814.webp 1536w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5197-2048x1086.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo taken in May 2023 at the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comparative photo of breeding plumage LBDO (left) and \u201cInland\u201d (*hendersoni*) SBDO (right). Features to look for, include: **Scapulars &amp; greater coverts**: In fresh breeding plumage, the LBDO has rufous-edged and white-tipped (white crescents) scapular and greater covert feathers. Two white &#8220;blobs&#8221; are on either side of the feather shaft, at the tip of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=30985\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Comparative photo of Dowitcher upperparts in Alternate plumage<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30987,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions\/30987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}