Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least sandpipers (Calidris minutilla), Austin, Texas, 2013. The bird on the left is a juvenile, and the bird on the right is an adult molting into basic plumage.
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Austin, Texas, 2013. This is a juvenile bird in fresh plumage.
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Austin, Texas, 2013. This is a juvenile bird is fresh plumage.
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Austin, Texas, 2013.
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Austin, Texas, 2013. This is an adult bird in prebasic molt.
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
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White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
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White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Comparison of Calidris wing lengths
Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Austin, Texas, 2013. This is a juvenile in fresh plumage.
Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Austin, Texas, 2013. This is a juvenile in fresh plumage.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
