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Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

A medium-sized, chunky shorebird, the Pectoral Sandpiper is found most commonly on mudflats with short grass or weedy vegetation and seems more at home in the grass than in the water.

Reference Links:

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

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PublishedApril 20, 2013

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