#Sandpiper

[herpsandbirds]

The Ruff (Calidris pugnax), male, showing off the high quality goods, in full breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, in the breeding season, found across far northern Europe And Asia

photograph by Nordfold

[mournfulroses]

Elizabeth Bishop, from The Selected Poems of Elizabeth Bishop; "Sandpiper,"

[claypigeonpottery]

and a secret surprise on the bottom

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this one's from 2022. I like adding little surprises to the bottoms of pieces

[uzon]

Kākāpō & Spoon-Billed Sandpiper #avianaugust!

carrd / patreon

[wigoutlet]

[longingforrotkehlchen]

Look! A cute little sandpiper. Who's a cute little sandpiper? Who?

Flussuferläufer (common sandpiper) an der Schleuse Hofen, Mühlhausen.

[scottpartridge]

Lesser Yellowlegs

[birdblues]

Wood Sandpiper

[life-on-our-planet]

The rufa red knot is a medium sized shorebird, and one of the longest-distance migrants in the animal kingdom. Red knots undergo various physiological changes before their migration and arrive at their regular stopover sites extremely thin. Their gizzard is shrunken for travel so rather than standard hard foods like plant matter or arthropods their preferred food is soft, nutritious horseshoe crab eggs. This interrelatedness means that the success of the red knot population is dependent on the success of the horseshoe crab population. ©ArosFilm

[serashrimp]

Bird of the week:

Spotted Sandpiper Chick ( Actitis macularius )

Photography credits under the cut. 🥝

First image credits: Nigel / winnu via Flickr

Second image credits: Nathan Banfield via birds.explore.org

[richs-pics]

A purple sandpiper having a bath

[herpsandbirds]

The Ruff (Calidris pugnax), male, in full breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, Norway

photograph by donini_photography

[vintagewildlife]

Sanderlings By: Allan D. Cruickshank From: Natural History Magazine 1951

[claypigeonpottery]

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[hickorybird]

[mostlythemarsh]

Just before the high tide we were lucky to have a small flock of sandpipers land just in front of us on the shore. We sat on a log and watched them for a while. As the tide rose they moved from one overcome rock to another. We were close enough to hear their peeps.