Showing posts with label Calidris bairdii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calidris bairdii. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER

Photographed at Lake Walyungup, Perth, WA, March, 2019

1274                           BAIRD'S SANDPIPER                     Calidris bairdii

AUSTRALIA                774

Breeds in northern Tundra from eastern Siberia to western Greenland; long distance migrants, wintering in South America. Usual habitat is coastal and some inland sites, margins of fresh water and brackish wetlands; often feeds on margins of drier vegetation as well as damp areas and mudflats. Rare vagrant to Australia but a few scattered sightings in most states.