Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper October 25, 2010 The Curlew Sandpiper being seen at Sandy Point State Reservation is still there 17 days later. A brief video of the Sandpiper below.

A brief video of the Curlew Sandpiper preening. Best viewed at 720 or higher.

This is day 10 since Suzanne Sullivan 1st picked this wayward sandpiper out of the crowd.
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Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year, they must eat a lot of sand...

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year, sand in the eye.

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Dunlin

Piping Plover

A few of the "other" shorebirds that were roosting at Sandy Point this morning.

Semipalmated Plover

White-rumped Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Thanks again to Suzanne Sullivan who's careful scanning of all the shorebirds at Sandy Point turned up this wayward sandpiper on October 08, 2010 Fabulous find Suzanne!! "Click" on any image for a larger photo...

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Suzanne Sullivan discovered this hatch year Curlew Sandpiper at Sandy Point on October 8, 2010

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Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

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White-rumped Sandpiper - Curlew Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper - Curlew Sandpiper

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Curlew Sandpiper - hatch year

White-rumped Sandpiper - Curlew Sandpiper

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Dunlin & Curlew Sandpiper

Dunlin & Curlew Sandpiper

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Sandy Point, Plum Island

The Curlew Admirers

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Banded Great Black-backed Gull

A precarious perch.

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White-rumped Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

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American Pipit

Brant

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