{"id":628,"date":"2015-08-09T02:37:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T02:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=628"},"modified":"2015-09-17T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T21:06:13","slug":"black-bellied-plover-some-id-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"Black-bellied Plover: some ID Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While looking for shorebird habitat S of Richmond Ont., I observed an adult Black-bellied Plover (almost entirely finished its molt into definitive basic, aka: non-breeding, plumage) on the S side of Brophy Dr., about 300 m E of the McCordick\/Eagleson intersection. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Observation time was 1915 PM. Certainly a good time of year to see Black-bellied and\/or American Golden-Plover in plowed, damp agr. fields. The crown jewel, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, as well as Baird&#8217;<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">s Sandpiper also like these drier sites (esp. sod farms for Buff-breasted). <\/span>A distant juvenile\/non-breeding Black-bellied\/American-Golden can be separated by:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Black-bellied<\/strong> is robust w\/ a thick neck, large head, and large bill<br \/>\n&#8211; The &#8220;face&#8221; is relatively plain (low contrast)<br \/>\n&#8211; The primary extension is quite minimal at most angles<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>American-Golden<\/strong> is dainty, thin-necked, small &amp; &#8220;dove&#8221; headed, thin bill<br \/>\n&#8211; The &#8220;face&#8221; is high contrast, derived from the combination of a darkish top of head, well-defined white supercillium, and thin, dark eyeline.<br \/>\n&#8211; Primaries extend beyond tail tip at most angles<\/p>\n<p>In flight, Black-bellied show dark axillaries (wing pits), and a white &#8220;rump.&#8221; American-Golden do not have dark axillaries and they showcase a brownish &#8220;rump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-629\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/140-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"140\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/140-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/140-1024x492.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Adult Black-bellied Plover nearing definitive basic (non-breeding) plumage. 8 August 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien, M., R. Crossley, and K. Karlson. 2006. <em>The Shorebird Guide<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking for shorebird habitat S of Richmond Ont., I observed an adult Black-bellied Plover (almost entirely finished its molt into definitive basic, aka: non-breeding, plumage) on the S side of Brophy Dr., about 300 m E of the McCordick\/Eagleson intersection.<\/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-628","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\/628","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=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}