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Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

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Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Least sandpiper Sandpipers, snipes Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Kleinste strandloper Strandlopers en snippen Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Calidris minutilla Scolopacidae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Merritt Island NWR, Florida

2013:10:25 14:10:01
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1000, distance 0.03 m

Crescent Bend Nature Park (Cibolo , Texas, USA)

2016:02:27 10:21:44
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/320 sec at F8.0, ISO 250, distance 19.95 m

Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

2014:11:30 18:44:46
Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 44.67 m

You do not expect beach runners in Las Vegas, but some birds hibernate here. I always wonder how a small sandpiper comes up with looking for a small water in the desert, these are smallest lectures, a little bigger than a sparrow.