Water & shore birds
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
“The following day, August 5 along Sawyer Road I spotted nine Least Sandpipers and a single Pectoral Sandpiper.”
August 16, 2023 · Read the column
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Aug 16, 2023
The following day, August 5 along Sawyer Road I spotted nine Least Sandpipers and a single Pectoral Sandpiper.
May 8, 2024
Lastly on the overcast afternoon of April 28 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink River I noted twenty-one Glossy Ibis foraging, seven Greater Yellowlegs wading and two Pectoral Sandpipers probing.
Aug 20, 2025
On August 9 along Sawyer Road, I spotted nine Least Sandpipers and a single Pectoral Sandpiper—a robust shorebird about robin-sized, with a thick bill and long wings.