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Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

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Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
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

Los Chiles, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

2024:11:21 15:23:06
Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 20.4 m

Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson

2014:02:07 18:47:40
Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
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 sandpiper in an unexpected place for me: near a large fish pond in Tucson. I always wonder how such a small bird discovers where the water is in that great Sonoran Desert.

Where I have seen this species

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