Spotted Sandpiper, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 310
Water & shore birds

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius
“There are also spotted sandpipers and greater yellow legs along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Aug 29, 2018

There are also spotted sandpipers and greater yellow legs along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Nov 20, 2019

On Nov. 2, a solitary Spotted Sandpiper was popping around the far end of Pond Cove’s rocky beach.

Aug 26, 2020

I also spied a Spotted sandpiper and two Greater Yellowlegs along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Oct 6, 2021

…a Wilson’s Snipe in Kettle Cove and a Spotted Sandpiper on Dyer Point on September 25 and in Winnick Woods and Great Pond and Preserve on September 26 continuing Blackpoll Warblers and White-throated Sparrows and many first of season Yellow-Rumped Warblers, several Ruby crowned Kinglets and six Brown Creepers singing.

Aug 6, 2025

Another bird I have enjoyed coming across on several occasions in late July along the Pond Cove Brook Corridor Section of Robinson Woods is the Spotted Sandpiper.

May 20, 2026

A Spotted Sandpiper — robin sized, orange billed, and boldly spotted in breeding plumage — bobbed along nearby.