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Spotted Sandpiper (immature)

Actitis macularius

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Field Notes

Description:

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Habitat:

Shores, grassy pools and wet meadows.

Notes:

Ashley, "Your bird is too big for western sandpiper, has an eye ring they lack, and it has yellow legs; western sandpiper have black. This is an immature spotted sandpiper :)"

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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AshleyT
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Comments (1)
AshleyT
Your bird is too big for western sandpiper, has an eye ring they lack, and it has yellow legs; western sandpiper have black. This is an immature spotted sandpiper :)
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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