Bulky sandpiper with a stout bill. Breeding adults are a rich cinnamon below and mottled grayish with cinnamon edgings above.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, May 25, 2013Bulky shorebird with a stout bill, thickest at the base. Cinnamon below and mottled gray and cinnamon above.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 09, 2015Nests in the tundra with low growing lichens and grasses. Lays 3 to 4 eggs in a scrape on the ground. Both males and females incubate.
© Luke Eberhart-Hertel / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 26, 2012Nonbreeding birds are gray above with gray barring on the flanks and faint vertical barring on the chest. Note thick sturdy bill.
© Carl Miller / Macaulay LibrarySouth Carolina, January 13, 2018In flight, pale gray rump and tail is visible. A long-winged and strong flier.
© Dorian Anderson / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 20, 2019Juveniles have a fine scaly pattern on the back and a white eyebrow stripe. Note plump body, sturdy bill, and dingy yellow legs.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, August 14, 2016Bulky shorebird with a stout bill, thickest at the base. Cinnamon below and mottled gray and cinnamon above.
© Mark R Johnson / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, May 24, 2017Click on an image to compare
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View Birds Near MeA large, stocky sandpiper with a straight, medium-length bill and rather short legs.
Larger than a Dunlin, slightly smaller than a dowitcher.
robin-sizedSandpipers and Allies(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae)
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