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White-rumped Sandpiper
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Stanley Jones

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
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Habitat
Post Oak Savannah vegetation area. Open grass farm surrounded by agricultural fields at 74 m (243 ft) elevation.
Location
TriTex Grass Farm, northwest Bryan, Sims Lane Cut-Off, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
April 2024
Scientific name
Calidris fuscicollis
Equipment used
Canon
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Macswede
What a marvellous wader flight capture, Stanley! Very beautiful and lots of fine detail.
 
bievreJJ
wonderful aerial capture of this beautiful sandpiper, Stanley, nicely showing its white rump, love it, many tfs!!
 
Chris G6 UXU
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A beauty of a detailed in flight, lighting and capture Stanley, many tfs.
 
delia todd
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That's wonderful Stanley - you've got some cracking plumage detail in there my friend.

A grand job lad - thanks.
 
Dabs
Clearly showing that white rump, Stanley. I understand that is one of the main ways of identifying this sandpiper.

Terrific flight shot!
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
142
Comment count
14

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250 second(s)
ISO
160
Filename
White-rumped Sandpiper, TriTex Grass Farm, nw of Bryan, Brazos County.jpg
File size
2.9 MB
Date taken
Mon, 29 April 2024 12:10 PM
Dimensions
1920px x 1425px

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