Wild Bird Wednesday

Yesterday was a beautiful day, albeit windy. As I often do while cleaning the kitchen, I scanned the hay field surrounding us looking for a different bird of some type of critter. I was about to give up when I saw movement in the grass mere yards from the kitchen window. Of course, I grabbed my camera. At first I thought it was a roadrunner, but it was a lighter color and didn't have the telltale feathers sticking up on its head. Plus it had a yellow beak. I'm sure it would have flown if I tried going outside, so I snapped away through the window.

When I first saw him, all I could see was the head and neck. Fortunately, he walked into a patch of shorter grass so I could see more of his body. 

He looked like a shore bird to me, but southeastern Oklahoma is far from any shore. So, I searched the app on my phone and the National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America. I believe this is an Upland Sandpiper. If I am correct, they do not nest in this area, but do migrate through here. I learned Upland Sandpipers prefer open country with tall grasses to coastal habitat, unlike other species of Sandpipers.

Photos taken in Southeastern Oklahoma.

I would appreciate any help. Am I correctly identifying this bird?

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