Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
| Species/Soort | Family/Familie | Order/Orde | Class/Klasse | Phylum/Stam | Kingdom/Rijk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotted sandpiper | Sandpipers, snipes | Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives | Birds | Chordate | Animals |
| Amerikaanse oeverloper | Strandlopers en snippen | Steltloperachtigen | Vogels | Gewervelden | Dieren |
| Actitis macularius | Scolopacidae | Charadriiformes | Aves | Chordata | Animalia |
Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson
2014:02:07 18:47:40
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F4.0, ISO 125, distance 7.08 m
An American banker in an unexpected place for me: with a large fishing pond in Tucson. I always wonder how such a small bird discovers where the water is in that large sonoran desert.
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