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Sanderling

Calidris alba

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Shoreline at Fort Pickens National Park (Gulf Islands National Seashore)

Species ID Suggestions

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus
colbyhenderson45
1

Sanderling

Calidris alba
Christy Chow
3

Comments (5)
joanbstanley
Thank you all for your help. I knew it was not a Killdeer. I see those often enough to be familiar with them. But many of the sandpipers look entirely too much alike for me to differentiate one from the other.
Jellis
I usually try to eliminate what it isn't from a list of birds spotted on the ebird lists.
dferris
I was kinda leaning toward a sanderling, but was hesitant because the second picture appears to have a hind toe, but looking again its probably just one of the fore toes.
Jellis
Sanderling. Semipalmated Sandpiper doesn't have the full neck. And not a Killdeer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanderling_In_Mating_Plumage.jpg
dferris
Its definitely not a killdeer, but I'm not 100% sure what it is. My guess is a Semipalmated Sandpiper

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PublishedJuly 10, 2014

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