Sandpipers

1 species

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Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius

MediumRegular along the river, almost always alone

The sandpiper that actually lives here. Most shorebirds on this river are passing
through; this one nests along it — and it never stops bobbing.

Spring through fall — it nests here The waterline. Gravel bars, muddy edges, logs at the river's margin Its call is recorded in the field guide
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