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Common Large Plover
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Sep 6, 2022 12:02:01 #
dennis2146 wrote:
I appreciate you taking a look and commenting. I mean that very much. But I am afraid you would have to take it up with the Merlin Guide. I know nothing about birds and have admitted as much several times here. Killdeer-Plover, call it what you like but my photo submitted to Merlin says it is a Common Large Plover. Thanks again for commenting.
Dennis
Dennis
Installed the Merlin app on my phone and ran your 2nd photo through the Photo ID feature and came up with...Kildeer as I predicted.
Sep 6, 2022 12:45:54 #
Sorry Dennis, it really is a Killdeer. Merlin is a good app most of the time but it is wrong on this ID. In this case what it is, is secondary to the fact that you shot and posted some great shots. 
Sep 6, 2022 13:56:36 #
Interesting. I just took a photo of your photo and ran it through Merlin - it came up with Kildeer. Kildeer are in the plover family. I've never heard of a Common Large Plover, and can't find it in a couple of lists of North American plovers.
Sep 6, 2022 15:01:52 #
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Sep 6, 2022 15:08:28 #
dennis2146 wrote:
While visiting some mineral pools at Yellowstone National Park I noticed this bird taking a bath in one of the mineral pools at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. My Merlin guide tells me it is a Common Large Plover. Thanks Merlin for the assist.
Please feel free to make any comments.
Dennis
Please feel free to make any comments.
Dennis
Both Peterson and Nat'l Geo field guides show it as a Killdeer. Neither reference lists Common Large Plover. Merlin must be using a generic description.
Sep 6, 2022 16:07:11 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice set. Looks much like our Killdeer.
Washington State Killdeer.
Sep 6, 2022 17:33:28 #
Sep 7, 2022 17:15:51 #
Rhinophoto wrote:
Interesting. I just took a photo of your photo and ran it through Merlin - it came up with Kildeer. Kildeer are in the plover family. I've never heard of a Common Large Plover, and can't find it in a couple of lists of North American plovers.
Common, large plover. Slender shape with long wings and tail. Look for two black breast bands, unique among plovers in its range. Often nests near human development: parking lots, school roofs, road edges, and farms, usually on bare gravel. Adults perform broken-wing displays to distract predators from their nests and young.
As I have said before I am happy with whatever my bird is. I am not a birder nor do I really care what it is. I enjoy taking photos of birds. As I said, I inserted my photo in Merlin and it came back as a Common Large Plover. For the life of me I cannot think of a reason I would lie about it. But when you tell me there is no Common Large Plover it does get a bit weird here.
Dennis
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Sep 7, 2022 17:18:40 #
flip1948 wrote:
Installed the Merlin app on my phone and ran your 2nd photo through the Photo ID feature and came up with...Kildeer as I predicted.
As I have said a few times now, I put my photo in Merlin and it came up as Common Large Plover. Again, as I have said before I don't really care. Call it what you want. But please do not make it seem as if I lied about the name of a bird. You continue to bring it up and I am not sure why. Do you have the need to be correct? OK you are correct.
Dennis
Sep 7, 2022 17:22:08 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Sorry Dennis, it really is a Killdeer. Merlin is a good app most of the time but it is wrong on this ID. In this case what it is, is secondary to the fact that you shot and posted some great shots.
Jack I believe you. I am not upset and can believe Merlin can make a mistake. I just don't care.
It is the photos I submitted for enjoyment and I think I achieved that. Thanks for your comment.
Dennis
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