ML618745202
Contributor
Benjamin Lamb Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Alewife Brook Reservation, Cambridge
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Observation details
FOY, and only my second ever sighting. Medium sized dark brown sandpiper with white spots on its back, brown streaks on its head, a clean whife belly, and white spectacles. Moved around the edge of the lake shaking its leg/tail and picking at the mud. Surprisingly calm, ignored humans and dogs walking a couple feet away. Popped up and got disoriented by chicken wire surrounding protected water plants. Skimmed along the water looking for an opening for >10 seconds before finally finding its way back up and out and back to shore. Foraging near Least Sandpiper, will upload photo.
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- 6098 pixels x 4065 pixels
- Original file size
- 7.24 MB