Adult - ML301498711 — Adult © Sulli Gibson eBird S68548943 Macaulay Library ML 232225421

Juvenile - ML261352611 — Juvenile © Dorian Anderson

Nonbreeding adult - ML301498991 — Nonbreeding adult © Denny Swaby

Juvenile - ML301498791 — Juvenile © Brian Sullivan

Juvenile - ML301499011 — Juvenile © Luke Seitz

Juvenile - ML32800841 — Juvenile © Luke Seitz

Breeding adult - ML39413461 — Breeding adult © Ian Davies

In flight (with Western Sandpiper) - ML39435641 — In flight (with Western Sandpiper) © Margaret Viens

Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

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Identification

Long-winged, long-distance migrant similar to White-rumped Sandpiper but with warmer buffy-tan plumage. Elongated body gives a horizontal impression when foraging; unique flattened oval shape when seen head-on. Black bill and brown rump. Breeding adults rather pale with large black spots on back. Crisp juveniles show neat scaly pattern on wings and back and have a warm buffy face and neck. Often with flocks of other small shorebirds, but prefers drier habitats, such as the grassy edge of a mudflat, seaweed-covered upper portion of a beach, or sod field. Breeds in the Arctic tundra; winters in South America.

Statistics

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