Sandpipers

 

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Greater Yellowlegs on the American River Parkway

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Lesser and greater yellowlegs congregation

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

Spotted sandpiper in mating plumage

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

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

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Black turnstone group along the shore of Tomales Point

Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

	Least sandpiper in the foreground with the larger black-bellied plovers behind	Least sandpiper at Yolo wildlife refuge

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Long-billed dowitcher at the Yolo wildlife refuge

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus Iobatus)

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

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Marsh Sandpiper

rare Marsh sandpiper sighting at Yolo Preserve

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