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Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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Field Notes

Description:

Small plump bird with a short tail. White breast, gray back with a bit making a collar. Light colored pointed bill with dark tip. Light colored legs. White line over eye, dark stripe through eye.

Habitat:

On a log at the edge of Lake Lewisville.

Reference Links:

Spotted Sandpiper, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hyoleucos
Josh Asel
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Comments (3)
gatorfellows
Thanks Tom15 trying to learn these little guys as the show up on the shore :)
Tom15
These are Spotted Sandpipers (Actitis macularius). Common Sandpiper looks a lot like this, but is a Eurasian species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sandpiper http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Sandpiper/id

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2013

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