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Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Description:

Greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs and feet, and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. The Common Sandpiper breeds across most of temperate and subtropical Europe and Asia, and migrates to Africa, southern Asia and Australia in winter. The Common Sandpiper forages by sight on the ground or in shallow water, picking up small food items such as insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates; it may even catch insects in flight.

Notes:

Shot by Atul using my camera.

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4 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Nice clicks by thyself sir.

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

superb!!

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks Nawal. I love your collection. Looking forward to your spotting of this bird.

NawalKhouildi
NawalKhouildi 12 years ago

I like this bird, there are lots of them in the mangroves where I live.

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Union Territory of Dādra and Nagar Haveli, India

Spotted on Dec 10, 2011
Submitted on Dec 13, 2011

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