Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.
Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Pectoral Sandpiper

(Calidris melanotos)

Description:

Pectoral Sandpipers foraged in the marsh to fuel up before heading north to their breeding grounds in the high Arctic. Having finished with the Great Texas Birding Classic on Sunday, I was eager to return to South Padre Island, where I knew Green Herons were raising families at the Bird and Nature Center.

Date Taken: 2021:04:27 9:13

Location:

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

File Name: PectoralSandpiper_D5X2117_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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