Least Sandpiper
This image of a Least Sandpiper conveys the intensity of the bird’s focus as it searches for food, with that straight ahead gaze. This species is small, and its prey very small, but those things do not diminish the importance to it of its need to find sustenance. The “charismatic megafauna” tend to attract a disproportionate amount of attention, while the myriad smaller creatures play important roles in Nature that are often overlooked. This bird was seen foraging along the shore of a slough east of Airdrie in southern Alberta, Canada.
Least Sandpiper
This image of a Least Sandpiper conveys the intensity of the bird’s focus as it searches for food, with that straight ahead gaze. This species is small, and its prey very small, but those things do not diminish the importance to it of its need to find sustenance. The “charismatic megafauna” tend to attract a disproportionate amount of attention, while the myriad smaller creatures play important roles in Nature that are often overlooked. This bird was seen foraging along the shore of a slough east of Airdrie in southern Alberta, Canada.