Stilt Sandpiper, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 344, as “Long-legged Sandpiper”
Water & shore birds

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus
“Lastly, on September 17 along the Sawyer Road section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with four Lesser Yellowlegs.”
September 28, 2023 · Read the column
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Sep 22, 2021first mention
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Sep 22, 2021

On September 8 a Stilt Sandpiper accompanied a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the Rachael Carson Reserve on Sawyer Road.

Sep 28, 2023

Lastly, on September 17 along the Sawyer Road section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with four Lesser Yellowlegs.