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  1. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  2. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) landing.
  3. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla)
  4. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    What precious little birds!
  5. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  6. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) It appears to have dark colored feet but it is mud covering its yellowish feet and legs. You can see the yellow legs on the Least Sandpiper in front of it.
  7. Least Sandpiper Duo

    Least Sandpiper Duo

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) duo.
  8. Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) plus one Common Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius).
  9. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least is the smallest of the world's sandpipers. This one is in basic (winter) plumage. Note bill shape, lack of primary projection and yellowish legs. Distinction from similar Long-toed Stint (C. subminuta) of Asia is tricky. Long-toed Stint has a vertical dark mark in front of the eye and a...
  10. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) TriTex Grass Farm, northwest Bryan, Sims Lane Cut-Off, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah vegetation area. Open grass farm surrounded by agricultural fields at 74 m (243 ft) elevation. August
  11. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  12. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  13. Don't look back

    Don't look back

    For those who browse left to right, this will be my "parting shot" from last November's Hawaii and California trip.
  14. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  15. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  16. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) winter plumage
  17. Least Sandpiper flock landing in the fog

    Least Sandpiper flock landing in the fog

    Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) landing in the fog.
  18. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Returning to some images from September that I never really looked carefully at.
  19. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  20. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  21. Three Peepers

    Three Peepers

    Left to right: Least Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, and Sanderling. I think. The various little sandpipers don't seem to be too concerned with staying sorted out by species. The only conflicts I saw were Sanderlings chasing each other.
  22. Least Sandpiper.jpg

    Least Sandpiper.jpg

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  23. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

  24. least sandpiper

    least sandpiper

    I’ll continue to post some more photos from the archives. Went birding yesterday, the place was stuffed with hunters (and poor pheasants, released the day before); could have taken a thousand pictures (of hunters). A highly frustrating situation, no way to be able to enjoy the autumn migration.
  25. least sandpiper

    least sandpiper

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