Sandpiper Animal Pictures

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wood sandpiper

wood sandpiper
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Some sandpipers can migrate more than 8,000 miles without stopping!

Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie has to offer. A regular seasonal resident to this refuge in north-central Kansas, the Upland Sandpiper will perch on fenceposts. After flying to the perch, it will hold its wings briefly above its body in a motion that looks like a stretch. Credit: Tony Ifland / USFWS.

Upland Sandpiper
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The global upland sandpiper population is estimated to number 750,000 mature individuals.

sandpipers on Lake Superior

sandpipers on Lake Superior
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sandpipers on Lake Superior

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Image of Common Sandpiper bird (Actitis hypoleucos) looking for food in the swamp on nature background. Bird. Animals.

First-winter Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) on the Azores in late August. A scarce vagrant to western Europe.

Birds that migrate the longest: Pectoral Sandpiper
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Sandpiper on log in wetlands