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Actitis macularius
Small plump bird with a short tail. White breast, gray back with a bit making a collar. Light colored pointed bill with dark tip. Light colored legs. White line over eye, dark stripe through eye.
On a log at the edge of Lake Lewisville.
Thanks Tom15 trying to learn these little guys as the show up on the shore :)
These are Spotted Sandpipers (Actitis macularius). Common Sandpiper looks a lot like this, but is a Eurasian species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sand...
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spott...
Spotted on Feb 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013
