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Calidris mauri
Sanderlings are a small gregarious shorebird. Their summer breeding colors are reddish, while their winter colors make them the palest of shoerbirds
before I put the scientific name up, I would love confirmation that they are indeed sanderlings and not a similar shorebird
Lat: 41.73, Long: -124.16
Spotted on Jul 14, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012
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Thank you, Liam, I was going back and forth between the two species in my field guide. No one has yet spotted any real number of Sanderlings here, yet, but Westerns have been heavily spotted. I didn't know about the back toe.
Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri. Sanderlings lack the hind toe.