Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes >> Family Scolopacidae >> Genus Calidris
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Unique ID: 1114) Return to Last Page: Click on image |
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Acquire This Photo Species: Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Location: KCPL Prairie Wetland, Gardner, Kansas, United States Age: adult Plumage: alternate/breeding Activity: flying Sex: --- Visibility: full body Quantity: multiple Photographer: David Seibel Date: May 18, 2009 Equipment: Canon EOS 1D Mark II N and Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS Megapixels: 8.2
Notes: This mixed flock of Semipalmated, Least, and White-rumped sandpipers was very skittish, feeding feverishly but taking flight at the slightest provocation as the southerly winds and approaching dusk seemed to urge them northward. These and other small, similar species of Calidris are often collectively called "peeps."
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