Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
The Spotted Sandpiper winters from Southern and Central California, east across the southern USA and south to Argentina. Their breeding territories are further north. The range from the Pacific Northwest, through the southern Intermountain states. They also breed east to the mid-Atlantic coast over most of the North American continent to Canada and Alaska.
There are a couple of readily identifiable traits in this species. One is their bouncing gate when walking on a foraging campaign. They are reminiscent of dippers and pipits when so engaged. Another trait is their uneven wingbeats and downward slanted wings when in flight, especially when gliding in for a landing.
Spotted Sandpipers share a practice with phalaropes science calls polyandry. Females take on multiple mates and leave the males to tend to nesting and child-rearing duties. If unable to find additional mates, the females may stick around to care for and raise the young of the last mating.
Despite the wide-ranging territories of these birds, today’s science regards the Spotted Sandpiper as monotypic (i.e. no subspecies).
I have met these charming creatures in many of the places I have traveled, yet I never tire of watching their shoreline dances. During the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, I was locked down in Texas at my Brownsville RV Park. Spotted Sandpipers foraging at the shoreline of the resaca in camp were one of several species that entertained me during those trying times.
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Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Moon Lake, near Tok, Alaska and the Alaska Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:01 11:03 |
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Location:
Moon Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/7.1, 1/200 |
File Name: JCD6975SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Juvenile foraging along the Gila River, near Christmas, Arizona (Between Globe & Tucson) USA 2003-09-23. This was my first meeting with this species. |
Date Taken: 2003:09:23 11:22 |
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Location:
Gila River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_2586SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lindo Lake in Lakeside, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2004:10:14 12:31 |
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Location:
Lindo Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/9.5, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD_1227SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2004 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Foraging at Lake Poway. San Diego County, California USA 2004-10-04. |
Date Taken: 2004:10:04 14:13 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_0615SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2004 Jack Daynes, www.shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: Midway Lake, East of Tok, Alaska, on the AlCan Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:12 13:12 |
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Location:
Midway Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD8586SpottedSandpiperChick |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Cheena River, near the airport. Fairbanks, Alaska. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:03 16:08 |
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Location:
Creamer' Dairy |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD7348SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Moon Lake, near Tok, Alaska and the Alaska Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:01 11:14 |
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Location:
Moon Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/9.5, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD7002SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: (Tringa macularia) Part of the collection at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California USA 2011-11-01. |
Date Taken: 2011:11:01 14:33 |
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Location:
W F V Z |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 105 mm, f/8.0, 1/2 |
File Name: D3X4519-SpottedSandPiper |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Juvenile near The Cove in La Jolla, California. La Jolla, California. San Diego County USA 2009-09-16. |
Date Taken: 2009:09:16 8:23 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/750 |
File Name: JCD6418.SpottedSandPiper.Juvenile |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: (Tringa macularia) Juvenile near The Cove in La Jolla, California. San Diego County USA 2009-09-07. |
Date Taken: 2009:09:07 9:15 |
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Location:
La Jolla Cove |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/400 |
File Name: JCD6248.SpottedSandPiper.Juvenile |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadetree-imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 7:11 |
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Location:
Wagner |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/10.0, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD3777SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 7:09 |
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Location:
Wagner |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 450 mm, f/9.5, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD3756SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: At the Kenneth Denman Wildlife Area, Rogue Valley Game Management Area, near Eagle Point, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:09 12:00 |
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Location:
Ken Denman Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X9490-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Breeding adult at the Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana USA 2015-05-27. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:26 18:05 |
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Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X5049-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Breeding adult at the Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana USA 2015-05-27. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:26 18:01 |
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Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X5030-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Part of the collection at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California USA 2011-11-01. |
Date Taken: 2011:11:01 14:34 |
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Location:
W F V Z |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 105 mm, f/8.0, 1/1 |
File Name: D3X4523-SpottedSandPiper |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Moon Lake, near Tok, Alaska and the Alaska Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:01 11:14 |
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Location:
Moon Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/9.5, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD7002SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Veteran's Park in urban Klamath Falls Oregon. Here, the Klamath River joins Upper Klamath Lake and Lake Ewauna and is called the "Link River". |
Date Taken: 2016:05:05 7:11 |
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Location:
Veteran's Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D720127-SpottedSandPiper |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Catfish Paradise is part of Lake Havasu National Wildlife Reserve. Near Topock Arizona in Mojave County. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:12 14:25 |
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Location:
Catfish Paradise |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X2121-CatfishParadise |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: This bird, still in breeding plumage, probably bred further north. Catfish Paradise is part of Lake Havasu National Wildlife Reserve. Near Topock Arizona in Mojave County. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:12 14:25 |
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Location:
Topock Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X2109-CatfishParadise |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: This bird, still in breeding plumage, probably bred further north. Catfish Paradise is part of Lake Havasu National Wildlife Reserve. Near Topock Arizona in Mojave County. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:12 14:24 |
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Location:
Topock Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X2085-CatfishParadise |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Wandering Tattler(Tringa incana) |
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Description: Along the rocky coast south of Point La Jolla. La Jolla, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:09 8:18 |
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Location:
La Jolla Cove |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X9845-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Along the rocky coast south of Point La Jolla. La Jolla, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:09 8:29 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X9926-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Most Spotted Sandpipers spend winters in Mexico, Central America and South America and breed in the northern USA and to the Arctic regions of Canada. The Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas is a first rate birding destination. I spent several hours in the morning and several more in the afternoon on this day. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:30 17:45 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1600 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D501715-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 8:50 |
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Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D505838-BitterLake-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 8:50 |
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Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D505851-BitterLake-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 8:54 |
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Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D505882-BitterLake-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: I'd seen the Spotted Sandpipers at a distance from camp during my stay, but this bird took the time to forage along the camp's shoreline. The camp where I spent April in Brownsville, Texas has a "Reseca" or Oxbow lake on its border, Several feeder stations, with tall trees and grassy areas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:26 8:32 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D508264Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: I'd seen the Spotted Sandpipers at a distance from camp during my stay, but this bird took the time to forage along the camp's shoreline. The camp where I spent April in Brownsville, Texas has a "Reseca" or Oxbow lake on its border, Several feeder stations, with tall trees and grassy areas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:26 8:36 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D508297Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: I'd seen the Spotted Sandpipers at a distance from camp during my stay, but this bird took the time to forage along the camp's shoreline. The camp where I spent April in Brownsville, Texas has a "Reseca" or Oxbow lake on its border, Several feeder stations, with tall trees and grassy areas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:26 8:37 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D508319Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: I'd seen the Spotted Sandpipers at a distance from camp during my stay, but this bird took the time to forage along the camp's shoreline. The camp where I spent April in Brownsville, Texas has a "Reseca" or Oxbow lake on its border, Several feeder stations, with tall trees and grassy areas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:26 8:39 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D508372Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Barn Swallow(Hirundo rustica) |
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Description: Malheur NWR is in southeastern Oregon, west of Steens Mountains and south of Burns Oregon. Harney County. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:30 6:39 |
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Location:
Visitor Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper-BarnSwallow_D5X8143-MalheurNWR |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: The lagoon behind Goleta Beach Park. Santa Barbara County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:19 15:35 |
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Location:
Sandspit Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X4605-SantaBarbara |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lindo Lake. Lakeside, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:08:01 9:45 |
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Location:
Lindo Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X4192-SpottedSandPiper |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Before departing from Fort Saint John and Charlie Lake, in British Columbia, I kept my eyes open for likely places to meet birds along the 230 miles of Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, when a muddy basin left over from the destruction of a beaver dam caught my attention. I stopped to discover a pair of Spotted Sandpipers foraging. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:04 11:13 |
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Location:
Pink Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506829-PinkMountain.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: This juvenile Spotted Sandpiper might have begun its life in a nest as far north as Alaska. It may move further south for winter, or perhaps remain in south Texas until next spring. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:25 17:15 |
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Location:
Rio Grande River Ride |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506636-RioGrandeBoatRide |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: I met a single Spotted Sandpiper dining on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:17 10:38 |
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Location:
Shoveler Pond |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8504204-Anahuac.NWR_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:30 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506583-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:08 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506544-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:08 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506511-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:05 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506454-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:05 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506442-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:05 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506419-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:04 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506386-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:04 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506337-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Spotted Sandpipers probably were starting a family near the shore of Charlie Lake, north of Saint John British Columbia, because they were keeping a close eye on my activities as I took bird photos. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:03 10:02 |
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Location:
Charlie Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8506307-CharlieLake.BC_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: On the advice from a local photographer, I visited a location new to me in the region around the mouth of the Eel River. At the bridge to Cockrobin Island, I met a few distant shorebirds. |
Date Taken: 2022:03:10 15:32 |
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Location:
Port Kenyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8505241-Loleta |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: These small sandpipers seem to show up wherever I visit near wetlands in south Texas. There are wetlands that the South Padre Island Convention Centre (free access) and the Birding & Nature Center (admission fee required) share. My previous visits to the wetlands had been to the Convention Centre. On this day I would find out why folks pay money to see the marsh, when there is free access next door. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:08 13:47 |
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Location:
South Padre Island WBC |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X1113SouthPadre-WBC |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: The shallow margins of the Black Mangroves near the Convention Center gave shorebirds rich foraging opportunities. Last spring I learned how productive South Padre Island can be for birding. This was my first visit in winter, and it did not disappoint. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:19 13:36 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X3573-SouthPadreIsland |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: The shallow margins of the Black Mangroves near the Convention Center gave shorebirds rich foraging opportunities. Last spring I learned how productive South Padre Island can be for birding. This was my first visit in winter, and it did not disappoint. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:19 13:25 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X3445-SouthPadreIsland |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Catfish Paradise is part of Lake Havasu National Wildlife Reserve. Near Topock Arizona in Mojave County. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:12 14:24 |
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Location:
Catfish Paradise |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/3200 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X2090-CatfishParadise |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Along the rocky coast south of Point La Jolla. La Jolla, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:09 8:27 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X9897-SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: A few Spotted Sandpipers worked the margins of Ibis Pond during my visit. I spent Friday exploring a jewel of birding in south Texas; Estero Llano Grande State Park. I couldn’t visit this place last spring because of the pandemic. It is a wonderful place to meet birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:22 14:10 |
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Location:
Estero Llano Grande State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X4475-EsteroLlano |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: Our second landing on our way to the Archipielago de Revillagigedo was at Isla Asuncion, a seemingly barren rock of an island near the central coast of Baja California. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:11 16:16 |
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Location:
Isla Asunción |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X5115 |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: MacIntyre Marsh. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:17 9:52 |
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Location:
MacIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/6.7, 1/180 |
File Name: JCD5224SpottedSandpiper |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: Hiking the southern shore at Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 9:58 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/16.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X9909 |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa incana) |
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Description: Along the rocky coast south of Point La Jolla. La Jolla, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:09 8:15 |
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Location:
La Jolla |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X9823-SpottedSandpiper |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: The lagoon behind Goleta Beach Park. Santa Barbara County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:19 16:23 |
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Location:
Sandspit Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_D5X4849-SantaBarbara |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Tringa macularia) |
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Description: Midway Lake, East of Tok, Alaska, on the AlCan Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:12 13:12 |
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Location:
Midway Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD8584SpottedSandpiperChick |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 7:08 |
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Location:
Wagner |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/10.0, 1/400 |
File Name: JCD3753SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Among the shorebirds I encountered at South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit, I saw Spotted Sandpipers. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:15 14:03 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/16000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_Z9X6852_SouthPadreIsland |
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Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 7:04 |
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Location:
Wagner |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/9.5, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD3739SpottedSandpiper |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: This juvenile Spotted Sandpiper seemed to enjoy the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:58 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8504430-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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