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A pair of Sanderlings in their breeding plumage.
Sanderlings are tiny shorebirds. They are a small, plump sandpiper, most commonly associated with sandy coastal beaches, which it occupies in winter and while on migration. These little guys are the ones you see constantly running up and down the beach like a wind up toy, chasing the receding waves. They feed on a wide variety of small creatures on the beach, including sand crabs, insects , marine worms, and small mollusks. Photographed at Fish Haul Beach on Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
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This is the little sandpiper that runs up and down the beach 'like a clockwork toy,' chasing the receding waves. Plumper and more active than most small sandpipers, and quite pale at most times of year, a good match for dry sand. Sanderlings nest only in limited areas of the far north, but during migration and winter they are familiar sights on coastal beaches all over the world. ( Audubon.org )
We were following this Sanderling as it foraged along the edge of a lagoon when it decided to jump onto a rock and pose for a photo.
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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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Feeding along the tideline at Heacham, Norfolk. I know it's not always easy however as my knees are still good for it, getting flat on the sand and using a relatively shallow DOF can really add to these shots along the shore line. All things being well I'll be back in Norfolk in mid January - the sheer number of birds there always gets me.
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Taken in the North East.
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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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I really enjoy watching the tiny shorebirds sprint along the shoreline, their little legs a blur of motion as they scurry for bits of food between the waves. I followed this sanderling along, hoping to get a decent wave for the background. This was the only frame in the sequence where the water was such a cool shade of blue/green.
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Hey look, it's a couple of cute little sanderlings wandering around doing sanderling things.
Bottle Beach SP (Grays Harbor, WA)
A Sanderling (Calidris alba) during its northwards migration stops to feed on brine shrimp and other invertebrates in the shallow waters of Chaplin Lake east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
19 May, 2013.
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The sanderling is a small wading bird which live across nearly every coastline in the world, but will only breed in the Arctic.
Sanderlings were flying in left and right. (Sort of). One mistake made today was that I had my camera in APS-C mode from a previous shoot - I only usually shoot in this mode when I know I will be cropping a lot - most times I like to crop a lot looser, and I was wondering all morning why every subject looked so big in the view finder. Anyway, I love full frame, I don't think I'd like to go back to a cropped sensor.