Actitis macularius

Piper Pecking

This Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) was busy gleaning what it could from the rocks ahead of a rising tide. The

It’s September, and things are looking up in the avisphere, if that’s a word. Meaning, more birds are showing up.

A Spotted Sandpiper standing still is an unusual sight. This individual found a barnacle-encrusted perch just above the waters of

This is an extremely rare video of a Spotted Sandpiper standing still for a solid minute. No hyperactive pacing, no

The water level in the North Basin dropped nine feet (9.08 to be exact) in just over seven hours (7’9″

The Spotted Sandpipers living along the south and west shores of the North Basin are now showing some spots, if

I’ve now spotted, oops, observed the Spotted Sandpiper in three locations: on the south edge of the North Basin, on

The Spotted Sandpiper that I’ve seen several times on the rocks along Marina Boulevard, opposite the hotel, is still here

A few months ago I photographed a bird that I identified with some hesitation as a Spotted Sandpiper. The ID

The thermometer read 40 degrees and a stiff breeze blew from the north, churning up the mud at the bottom