39g Sandpiper - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Small shorebird. Short neck, small head. Short, stout, straight bill. Webbing at the base of its toes which is hard to see and is not diagnostic, as other sandpipers also have these webbed feet.
Dark grey-brown on top and white underneath. Light grey-brown on head and neck. Fine streaks on breast and sides. Faint streaking on the breast, clean flanks. Black centre of rump and tail. Breeding plumage is mottled black-and-brown, with little or no rufous coloration. Black bill and legs.
Breeds in the southern tundra in Canada and Alaska near water. Migrates through central North America to the Atlantic coast to reach its wintering grounds from the extreme southern U.S. to the Caribbean Islands and South America.
39g Sandpiper - Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Small shorebird. Short neck, small head. Short, stout, straight bill. Webbing at the base of its toes which is hard to see and is not diagnostic, as other sandpipers also have these webbed feet.
Dark grey-brown on top and white underneath. Light grey-brown on head and neck. Fine streaks on breast and sides. Faint streaking on the breast, clean flanks. Black centre of rump and tail. Breeding plumage is mottled black-and-brown, with little or no rufous coloration. Black bill and legs.
Breeds in the southern tundra in Canada and Alaska near water. Migrates through central North America to the Atlantic coast to reach its wintering grounds from the extreme southern U.S. to the Caribbean Islands and South America.