Two Spotted Sandpipers were foraging along a beach. I watched them in the hope that one might do something interesting. Other years, I had seen one catch a bug, two mate, and chicks wander by (too early for that). However, these two kept their heads down as they scoured the shoreline — until, one reared up and let forth with an impressive call. Who knows what that was all about, but I hadn’t seen (or heard) this behaviour previously.
