Actitis macularius

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Spotted Sandpiper (“Immaculate,” Sep 28 2021) and even longer since I’ve seen

It was nearly 6 pm when I finally got to the park, and I expected nothing in the way of

Updated Dec. 29: I posted this originally as a Spotted Sandpiper. Sharp-eyed birder Kevin Steen emailed me to suggest that

The Spotted Sandpiper has very few spots at this time, and they’re light. The spots come and go with the

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

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

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