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Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Photo by HeidiEaton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellowish legs; sharp contrast between white belly and brown streaked breast; Striped on back

Habitat:

Muddy shoreline of a small coastal pond

Notes:

Pectoral Sandpipers nest in the Arctic and winter in South America, so these were passing through on their way south

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PublishedMarch 27, 2013

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