Spotted sandpiper

Indian birds › Wood sandpiper › Wood sandpiper - Tringa glareola photos Taxonomic classification < > Photos The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) belongs to the family Scolopacidae under the order Charadriiformes. Wood sandpiper taxonomy The family Scolopacidae comprises sandpipers, curlews and snipes. The family Scolopacidae was first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815. The…

There's nothing like a high-overcast summer day for bird photography to help with colour and exposure. One of those lucky shots, it's not cropped and straight out of the camera, aside from minor adjustments. Typically quite shy, this Spotted Sandpiper came very close and deliberately perched on the creek bank in front of me, making quite a fuss. He was trying to decoy me away from his newly hatched chicks running around nearby. The males defend their nest and territory, and the females are…

Most sandpipers nest only in the far north, but the little 'Spotty' is common in summer over much of North America. As it walks on the shores of streams, ponds, and marshes, it bobs the rear half of...

Small shorebird. Constantly bobs its tail while working edges of streams, ponds, and lakes for invertebrates. Several individuals may be found at the same body of water, but never forms tight flocks. Underparts spotted in summer; plain in winter. Listen for two- or three-noted whistled call as they flush from shorelines. Distinctive wingbeats: snappy and below horizontal.

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Small shorebird. Constantly bobs its tail while working edges of streams, ponds, and lakes for invertebrates. Several individuals may be found at the same body of water, but never forms tight flocks. Underparts spotted in summer; plain in winter. Listen for two- or three-noted whistled call as they flush from shorelines. Distinctive wingbeats: snappy and below horizontal.

A rare opportunity for birders popped up in Southwestern Ontario when the marsh sandpiper made a first appearance in Canada.

Long-winged, long-distance migrant similar to White-rumped Sandpiper but with warmer buffy-tan plumage. Elongated body gives a horizontal impression when foraging; unique flattened oval shape when seen head-on. Black bill and brown rump. Breeding adults rather pale with large black spots on back. Crisp juveniles show neat scaly pattern on wings and back and have a warm buffy face and neck. Often with flocks of other small shorebirds, but prefers drier habitats, such as the grassy edge of a…