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Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Photo by joanbstanley
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33.1465, -97.0227

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Description:

Small sandpiper, brown-scaled upperparts, rust-brown crown. Breast, throat are dark-spotted; belly, undertail are white. Wings have thin, white stripes visible in flight. Black line on rump extends onto tail. Legs and feet are yellow-green. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Habitat:

Mudflats on Lewisville Lake.

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