Spotted Sandpipers
The Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread breeding sandpiper in North America. They migrate to the entire lower portion across the United States for the winter.
Spotted Sandpipers visit daily right in front of our camp site on the boat docks along the Barron River at dawn and dusk.
Spotted Sandpiper
The Spotted Sandpipers presently lack their bold spots that appear during breeding season.
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpipers
Spotted Sandpipers
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper in flight
Spotted Sandpipers
These medium-sized shorebirds will soon be migrating back north. Until then, I’ll continue to enjoy watching them, scurrying along, bobbing those tails!
Lovely shots…I especially love that first one. What a beautiful bird. I know next to nothing about sandpipers, but was delighted to see a Solitary Sandpiper recently in a marsh sanctuary near me. ☺️
Thank you! Congrats on the Solitary Sandpiper sighting, I’ve yet to see one! 🙂
Nice set, Donna. While these seem to prefer the ocean, we occasionally see them here inland. Always a treat!
Thank you, Eliza! Yes, always a treat! A few years ago, I was surprised to see one at a small lake near the Grand Canyon during breeding season, sporting all those spots. 🙂
What a gorgeous bird, Donna. That first photo with the shadow is epic. 🙂
Thank you, Sylvia! 😊
Love spotties. They get around, I think I’ve seen them on my last two trips afar. Looking forward to seeing one or two locally again. Love the set!
Thank you, Lisa! They are fun to watch. 🙂
All excellent photos, Donna! The first one made me smile.😊
Thank you, Belinda, now I am smiling! 😊
Wonderful photos Donna, and I can’t think of a better place to be than sitting on a beach watching the many shorebirds.
Thank you, Susan! I’m not sitting on a beach but in my chair at my campsite alongside the river. The docks are directly in front of us. 🙂 But I do love sitting on the beach too!!
Nice Series Donna! Enjoyed seeing them! Loved the first one!
Thank you, Reed, I had to ‘spotlight’ the first one on its own instead of the gallery. 🙂
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I especially loved the first shot too, the shadow is adorable.
And how interesting, because its “sister species” the Common Sandpiper is the most widespread sandpiper in Japan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sandpiper
“Common” or not, they are all lovely birds 🙂
Thank you, Takami, I really love that first shot too, probably my ‘best’ to date from over the years. Thanks for also sharing the link on the Common Sandpiper, they are quite similar-looking! And, yes, both are lovely for sure. 😊
Great shots Donna! They are such a cute bird and fun to watch when they are working the beach.
Thank you, Denise! They do a great tail-bob, don’t they?!! 🙂
Lovely shots Donna! We don’t see Sandpipers much near us, usually only Sharp-tailed. There are just so many varieties of Sandpiper, I find them one of the most difficult birds to determine specie.
Thank you, Ashley! We have at least ten varieties, and I agree, they are difficult to ID. Many of ours are U.S. location specific which ‘helps’ if you’re nowhere near that location and see a sandpiper. But, then there’s the few migrators that change that all up! 🙂
I enjoy watching these ones with their bobbing tails. I see they have the telltale curve of white in front of the wings. Nice to see and they look like they have come quite close-not shy at all!
Thank you, Jane! They were at least 30-40 feet away, they were funny when one would past me on the dock, running, stopping, bobbing, running, stopping, bobbing, until it made it past me. Cuties! 🙂
Great collection of pictures of this lovely bird, Donna!! An avid birder you are!!
Thank you, Indira! It is a birding paradise in southwest Florida, I’m having a blast!! 🙂
I love the shadow on the ground in the first shot. Almost like he’s posing and thinking, “Does this make my beak look smaller?”!!! Cute little birds. They pop up for short visits in my birding patch here in Georgia from time to time. William — “What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.” Psalms 104 The Message
Thank you, William, for the giggle! They are adorable and fun to watch. 🙂
Falling ever further behind, but glad I caught a look at this beauty. Love all the shore birds.
Thank you, Gunta! 😊