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Adults in winter plumage (left) with Western Sandpiper (right), January 2019, Galveston Co.

Reference photo from Upper Texas Coast. Black breast and brow bands are gray in winter plumage, and bill is dark.

Legs are still orange, which makes for easy separation from wintering Snowy Plovers.