Sandpipers

 

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Greater yellowlegs Greater yellowlegs  Greater yellowlegs Greater yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs on the American River Parkway
Greater Yellowlegs Greater yellowlegs greater yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)


Lesser and greater yellowlegs
Lesser and greater yellowlegs congregation
     

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

Spotted sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper in mating plumage
Spotted sandpiper spotted sandpiper spotted sandpiper

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Whimbrel  Whimbrel  Whimbrel whimbrel
whimbrel      

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Curlew    

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Marbled Godwit Marbled Godwit Marbled Godwit Marbled Godwit

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

Willet Willet Willet Willet
Willet Willet
Willet reflection at the Little Estero Lagoon on Sanibel Island
Sandpiper
Willet at the Doran Beach break at Bodega Bay

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Black Turnstone Black Turnstone Ruddy Turnstone
Black turnstone group along the shore of Tomales Point

Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)

Black turnstone   Black Turnstone    

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Sanderling Sanderling Sanderling Sanderling 

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin Sanderling Dunlin  dunlin

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Semipalmated Sandpiper      

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Western Sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Baird's sandpiper

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Least Sandpiper  Least Sandpiper
Least sandpiper in the foreground with the larger black-bellied plovers behind 

Least sandpiper at Yolo wildlife refuge
least sandpiper least sandpiper    

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

pectoral sandpiper      

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed dowitcher at the Yolo wildlife refuge
long-billed dowitcher  

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Short-billed Dowitcher      

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Wilson's Snipe wilson's snipe    

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

wilson's phalarope wilson's phalarope    

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus Iobatus)

Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked phalarope
at Mono Lake
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked phalaropes
Red-necked phalarope in flight with tufas in the background
red-necked phalarope
red-necked phalarope      

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

red phalarope      

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh sandpiper
rare Marsh sandpiper sighting at Yolo Preserve
marsh sandpiper    

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