by Francisco Javier García Vargas

 

 

On 19/IX, I was at Tías golf course when I saw that the Buff-breasted Sandpipers and the Pectoral Sandpiper were still present.

A Ruff was joining them and I saw another wader feeding at the pond, so I approached it.

And for my joy, I could see that it was a Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus.

It was a spectacle to see three species of nearctic waders at the same time.

This will be (if accepted) the first record of Long-billed Dowitcher for Lanzarote and the eastern side of the Canary Islands.

 

        Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

       Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

    Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

                                          Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

  Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

                                         Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

                                        Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

                                        Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Long-billed Dowitcher-Limnodromus scolopaceus-Agujeta escolopácea

                                         Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas