Breeding adult © Ian Hearn eBird S37724420 Macaulay Library ML 61609911
Nonbreeding/immature © Brad Imhoff
Nonbreeding/immature © Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Breeding adult © Fyn Kynd
Nonbreeding/immature © Drew Beamer
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Breeding adult © Robb Bell
Nonbreeding adult © Ian Davies

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

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Identification

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Small shorebird. Constantly bobs its tail while working edges of streams, ponds, and lakes for invertebrates. Several individuals may be found at the same body of water, but never forms tight flocks. Underparts spotted in summer; plain in winter. Listen for two- or three-noted whistled call as they flush from shorelines. Distinctive wingbeats: snappy and below horizontal.

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