Birds Identified: Least Sandpiper
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Least Sandpiper has these characteristics:
- Walking, wading, running
- Smaller than robin
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Streaks (long spots)
- Tail stripes (along)
- South winter (November through February)
- Marsh habitat
- Flats or beach habitat
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Zig zag flight (many irregular twists and turns)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org