1905_0803 Semipalmated Sandpiper
Wish List for Spring 2024 continues: how about some shorebirds? I'd like to fill in a few gaps in my files. The Semipalmated Sandpiper is one of our three "peeps" - small sandpipers in the genus Calidris. I have plenty of the other two - the Western from coastal BC and the Least, found across the west. But the Semipalmated has more or less eluded me, probably because I wasn't paying close enough attention.
Small, plump, with a short, straight tubular bill and black legs... as seen above, along the shore of Reed Lake. I hope to get back up there later this week, when our torrential rains finally stop. Hoping for some better light. Many other shorebird species stop over at Saskatchewan's "great lakes", Reed and Chaplin, so I'm confident I'll have a productive shoot.
Photographed at Reed Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1905_0803 Semipalmated Sandpiper
Wish List for Spring 2024 continues: how about some shorebirds? I'd like to fill in a few gaps in my files. The Semipalmated Sandpiper is one of our three "peeps" - small sandpipers in the genus Calidris. I have plenty of the other two - the Western from coastal BC and the Least, found across the west. But the Semipalmated has more or less eluded me, probably because I wasn't paying close enough attention.
Small, plump, with a short, straight tubular bill and black legs... as seen above, along the shore of Reed Lake. I hope to get back up there later this week, when our torrential rains finally stop. Hoping for some better light. Many other shorebird species stop over at Saskatchewan's "great lakes", Reed and Chaplin, so I'm confident I'll have a productive shoot.
Photographed at Reed Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.