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Fleming Point, Albany, CA
Sanderlings are almost always seen in very pale gray non-breeding plumage in winter in the Bay Area. It's a pleasant surprise to see a flock of about fifteen adults, all in or transitioning to beautiful breeding plumage with varying amounts of rusty mottling on their upperparts. They are most likely on their way to joinining their species already migrating further north and east. These extreme long-distance migrants breed only on High Arctic tundra. This adult has mildly rusty mottled upperparts.
Encountered a flock of several dozen Sanderlings today and numerous other shorebird species.
Cooking Lake. Strathcona County, Alberta.
Sanderling - Calidris Alba
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrΓ°ling and sand-ploughman.The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for white.
It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of North America, Europe and Asia. In North America, it breeds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Greenland (and to a lesser extent Alaska). In Eurasia, it breeds in Spitsbergen and areas of northern Russia from the Taymyr Peninsula to the New Siberian Islands. In the northern winter, it has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across the world's marine coasts. It is a complete migrant, travelling between 3,000 to 10,000 km (1,900 to 6,200 mi) from its breeding grounds to its wintering sites. Birds that travel further also arrive later and leave sooner. Most adults leave the breeding grounds in July and early August, whereas juvenile birds leave in late August and early September. The northward migration begins in March at the southern end of their winter distribution.
If its size is misjudged, a sanderling in breeding plumage can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe. Its behavior is also distinctive.
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A Sanderling having a stretch!
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Sanderling - Calidris Alba
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrΓ°ling and sand-ploughman.The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for white.
It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of North America, Europe and Asia. In North America, it breeds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Greenland (and to a lesser extent Alaska). In Eurasia, it breeds in Spitsbergen and areas of northern Russia from the Taymyr Peninsula to the New Siberian Islands. In the northern winter, it has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across the world's marine coasts. It is a complete migrant, travelling between 3,000 to 10,000 km (1,900 to 6,200 mi) from its breeding grounds to its wintering sites. Birds that travel further also arrive later and leave sooner. Most adults leave the breeding grounds in July and early August, whereas juvenile birds leave in late August and early September. The northward migration begins in March at the southern end of their winter distribution.
If its size is misjudged, a sanderling in breeding plumage can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe. Its behavior is also distinctive.
Sanderling
So. I finally get off the farm to go take some shore bird pictures and to enjoy the Ocean...these Sanderlings were in the parking lot and not on the beach!
So I had to dodge the cars and not the waves....I'm not sure which one was more challenging!!
Taken on Chincoteague Island, Va
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Sanderling - Calidris Alba
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrΓ°ling and sand-ploughman.The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for white.
It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of North America, Europe and Asia. In North America, it breeds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Greenland (and to a lesser extent Alaska). In Eurasia, it breeds in Spitsbergen and areas of northern Russia from the Taymyr Peninsula to the New Siberian Islands. In the northern winter, it has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across the world's marine coasts. It is a complete migrant, travelling between 3,000 to 10,000 km (1,900 to 6,200 mi) from its breeding grounds to its wintering sites. Birds that travel further also arrive later and leave sooner. Most adults leave the breeding grounds in July and early August, whereas juvenile birds leave in late August and early September. The northward migration begins in March at the southern end of their winter distribution.
If its size is misjudged, a sanderling in breeding plumage can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe. Its behavior is also distinctive.
Taken at Fort De Soto beach, Florida.
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Egmond aan Zee - Nordholland - Niederlande
"Der Sanderling (Calidris alba) ist ein kleiner Watvogel aus der Gattung der StrandlΓ€ufer. Im Wattenmeer der Niederlande und Deutschlands taucht er vor allem im Winterhalbjahr in teils groΓen SchwΓ€rmen an der NordseekΓΌste auf, weitaus seltener im Binnenland. Er lΓ€sst sich auΓerdem ganzjΓ€hrig zumindest in kleiner Zahl beobachten. An der Ostsee ΓΌberwintert dagegen nur ein kleiner Teil der Sanderlinge. WΓ€hrend der Zugzeiten sind dort hΓΆchstens einige wenige hundert VΓΆgel zu beobachten."
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Winter plummage Sanderling, a lovely little wader sat in the sun, taken in the Canary Islands on a very idelitic condition beach for them.
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Fleming Point, Albany, CA
Sanderlings are almost always seen in very pale gray non-breeding plumage in winter in the Bay Area. It's a pleasant surprise to see a flock of about fifteen adults, all in or transitioning to beautiful breeding plumage with varying amounts of rusty mottling on their upperparts. They are most likely on their way to joinining their species already migrating further north and east. These extreme long-distance migrants breed only on High Arctic tundra. This adult has a rusty mottled back, but not much on the head and breast.
This photo of a sanderling in non breeding plumage was taken Portugal.
This bird was walking up and down the shore on a sunny late afternoon, looking for his dinner.
Sanderlings are the only sandpiper that lacks a hind toe. This allows sanderlings to be strong runners
-Calidris alba
A Sanderling posing on a rock in breeding plumage.
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We found this Sanderling yesterday, with a small group of Dunlin.
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The sanderling is a small, plump, energetic wading bird. It has a short straight black bill and medium length black legs. It is pale grey above and white underneath, and there is a black mark at its shoulder where the folded wing meets the body. It does not breed in the UK, but is a winter visitor and passage migrant in spring and autumn, journeying to and from their high Arctic breeding grounds. What they eat: Small marine worms, crustaceans and molluscs (Courtesy RSPB)
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After having a slow start it has been a good shorebird season for me. This one was found at the Lake Ontario shore on a rocky beach.
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