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western sandpiper

  1. Western Sandpiper Bathing

    Western Sandpiper Bathing

    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) Bathing with tongue out and head turned 180 degrees.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • calidris mauri cameron county jaime j. zapata memorial boat ramp port isabel texas tx 48 usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  2. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    Clustered tightly together at a high tide roost, these Western Sandpipers are starting to show first signs of breeding plumage. These small unassuming shorebirds are still mostly in winter (basic) garb, rather nondescript gray above and white below. But if you look carefully you may see a few...
    • jmorlan
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    • calidris mauri california usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  3. Western sandpiper

    Western sandpiper

    Was part of a large number of semipalmated sandpipers and semipalmated plovers feeding on a low tide mud flat
    • mikeshaw1
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    • calidris mauri duxbury massachusetts powder point bridge salt marsh western sandpiper
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  4. western sandpiper

    western sandpiper

    • bievreJJ
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    • calidris mauri california usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  5. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    In winter (basic) plumage, these small unassuming shorebirds are rather nondescript gray above and white below. Notice the dark legs and tapered tip to the bill. At this season they prefer tidal mudflat where they forage on intertidal invertebrates using a rapid but shallow stabbing motion...
    • jmorlan
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    • calidris mauri california usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  6. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    I believe this is a juvenile
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris mauri river bay western sandpiper
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: The Caribbean
  7. western sandpiper and least sandpiper

    western sandpiper and least sandpiper

    western (right) and least (left) sandpipers
    • bievreJJ
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    • least sandpiper western sandpiper
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: North America
  8. Western peep

    Western peep

    Western Sandpiper still showing a hint of breeding blush.
    • Doc Duck
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  9. western sandpiper

    western sandpiper

    • bievreJJ
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  10. Least and Western Sandpipers

    Least and Western Sandpipers

    Least Sandpiper (Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) and Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri). Least Sandpiper is in front. Western Sandpiper is closer to being in non-breeding plumage than breeding plumage.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bryan least sandpiper texas usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  11. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) Breeding plumage.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • hollow lake stillhouse texas usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  12. western sandpiper and least sandpiper

    western sandpiper and least sandpiper

    both species were quite common
    • bievreJJ
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    • least sandpiper western sandpiper
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: North America
  13. western sandpiper

    western sandpiper

    • bievreJJ
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  14. western sandpiper

    western sandpiper

    • bievreJJ
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  15. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) Sexes similar. Shell Ridge Road, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas, USA. Coastal Prairie and Marshes Vegetational Area. Small depressional pond in a coastal salt pan at ca. 1 m (3.3 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • aransas county rockport texas usa western sandpiper
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  16. Western peep

    Western peep

    The largest of the three "small peeps" species in California. Westerns have dark legs, dark bills, somewhat longer bills than the Least peeps, and their bills tend to droop a bit towards the tip.
    • Doc Duck
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  17. Western sandpiper

    Western sandpiper

    more photos here ... http://mrcolin2u.zenfolio.com
    • mrcolin2u
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  18. Western Sandpiper AK SER'14

    Western Sandpiper AK SER'14

    This photo shows the species in breeding plumage. It was foraging along graveled roadsides where the roads passed through the tundra outside of Nome, although it is reported to be a wetland species. Note the semi-palmated toes, similar to the closely related Semipalmated Sandpiper (uploaded 5...
    • rdavis
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    • alaska nome western sandpiper
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  19. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    • jascha777
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  20. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    • jascha777
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  21. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    I had this bird ID'ed here yesterday at the forum. Happily it turned out to be a new lifer for me. This is a nonbreeding bird but you can still see the remains of rufus ear coverts, and it supposedly has a domed head.
    • tetoneon
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  22. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    • peterday
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    • calidris mauri western sandpiper
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Western Sandpiper feeding

    Western Sandpiper feeding

    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) feeding on a marine worm along the Washington Coast (USA) during spring migration.
    • PKZPhotos
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Kowa Competition (Closed)
  24. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) foraging for marine worms along the Washington Coast (USA) during spring migration.
    • PKZPhotos
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Kowa Competition (Closed)
  25. Western sandpiper

    Western sandpiper

    More from Dungeness Spit, WA. There were Western sandpipers mingling with the sanderlings and behaving similarly, but with longer bills and more speckled faces and breasts it was clear they were not the same birds. ID forum has concurred.
    • Doc Duck
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    • western sandpiper
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
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