spotted sandpiper
actitis macularius latin

Killdeer and spotted sandpipers can be seen foraging insects along the gravel bars.

AMONG polyandrous spotted sandpipers, the adage of the early bird has taken on a new meaning.

Marsh birds include lesser yellowlegs, spotted sandpipers, Wilson's snipes, and upland sandpipers.

This 145-hectare sanctuary plays host to over 250 bird species, including painted storks, Demoiselle cranes, cormorants, spotted sandpipers, mallards and plovers.

The plumages are very similar, apart from Spotted Sandpipers' distinctive breeding plumage, and suspected out-of-range vagrants must be carefully observed for identification to species.

His North American counterparts, the solitary and spotted sandpipers, are already on their way to the southeastern United States and West Indies for the winter.

Intrageneric hybridization has also been reported between Common (Actitis hypoleucos) and Spotted Sandpipers (Actitis macularia) .

There are also Caspian Terns, Forster's Terns, Marbled Godwit, and Spotted Sandpipers in the fall.

Their companions include a young herring gull and a young black-backed gull, "both of which probably hatched on the island," Mr. Mott said, and several spotted sandpipers.

The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius syn.