There's been Baird's Sandpipers in New Buffalo all week, but I didn't go down until this morning when I met with James to bird the beach. The Baird's didn't disappoint, at one point there were 4 juvies all in view.
There was a juvie Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper loosely associating with the Bairds. In the above pics you can see wings extending past the tail, the buffy scalloping, and the slightly droopier more tapered bill on the Baird's in comparison with the Semi Sand on the right side of the next pic.
The Turnstone which James spotted as it flew in turned out to be an adult still in pretty full breeding plumage.
Finally a shot of a Killdeer that was so excited to see us (and the eagle) that it teed up pretty nicely
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