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sandpipers

  1. Sanderling

    Sanderling

    I love these little busy birds. Always running up and down the beach hunting. Sweet little birds on the sand and water.
  2. Pectorial Sandpiper

    Pectorial Sandpiper

    Pectorial Sandpiper feeding on the tundra outside of Barrow, Alaska.
  3. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla). Transitioning from breeding plumage to non-breeding plumage.
  4. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) with a couple of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri). I saw the Westerns on the ground before the flock flew.
  5. Common Sandpiper

    Common Sandpiper

  6. Purple Sandpiper

    Purple Sandpiper

  7. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Pectoral Sandpiper

    Little guy just wouldn't turn...guess he wasn't as much a "poser" as some ... hehe
  8. Who are these little guys?

    Who are these little guys?

    We just got back from vacation and we are having a bit of a problem identifying these two....we know they are sandpipers but just not sure what ones. Grateful if you can help us out.
  9. Common Sandpiper

    Common Sandpiper

  10. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Semipalmated Sandpiper

    this was the second Semipalmated i found this summer totally i found three of those which are pretty rare in Iceland but to find three in one year is amazing he he he found this one when i was looking for a Great Snipe which i thought i have there as i saw one with the Common Snipes which...
  11. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Pectoral Sandpiper

    what an amazing day for me when i shot this one at Gardur Iceland i saw two in Gardur two in Sandgerdi and Three in Keflavik amazing to See 7 Pectoral Sandpipers on same day :)
  12. Purple Sandpiper on the rocks

    Purple Sandpiper on the rocks

  13. Drain Water Pool 76 : Sandpipers

    Drain Water Pool 76 : Sandpipers

    Common & Green Sandpipers lined up here. An old photo.
  14. Ding, ding, ding...go to your corners

    Ding, ding, ding...go to your corners

    These two sandpipers were fighting with each other. Not sure what they were fighting about, but it did make for a good action shot!
  15. Sandpipers in flight

    Sandpipers in flight

    These sandpipers are very fast and hard to capture in flight...I got lucky yesterday!
  16. Drain Water Pool-7 : Sandpipers

    Drain Water Pool-7 : Sandpipers

    Three species of sandpipers viz; common, green and wood; at the Drain Water Pool.
  17. A group of Sandpipers flying

    A group of Sandpipers flying

  18. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Description: 5-6.5 inches; small sandpiper; yellowish-green feet; underparts white with marking on breast; white rump with a little black in tail feathers; upperparts brownish; thin bill with a slight drooping tip; Breeding: upperparts mottling reddish brown plumage...
  19. Sandpipers in Flight

    Sandpipers in Flight

    These are Sandpipers, but I don't know what type they are, can anyone help to ID these ? thank you !
  20. Solitary Sandpiper

    Solitary Sandpiper

    Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
  21. Sandpipers in Seattle

    Sandpipers in Seattle

    Went for a walk at a popular Seattle birding site today - a wetlands and prairie section of the UW Arboretum. Saw bald eagle, black-capped chickadee, pied grebe, red-shafted flicker, great blue heron, mallards, and these two sandpipers. Unfortunately, I'm traveling without my trusty North Am...
  22. Sharp tailed Sandpiper

    Sharp tailed Sandpiper

  23. Sandpipers

    Sandpipers

    There are at least twenty two native and vagrant species of sandpipers identified in North America. Almost all of these types of sandpipers migrate into the northern ranges of the continent, where they nest and raise their young.
  24. Wood Sandpiper

    Wood Sandpiper

  25. Wood Sandpiper

    Wood Sandpiper

    Rarely seen in NW England! juvenile
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