{"id":18615,"date":"2016-09-16T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18615"},"modified":"2016-09-16T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:43:27","slug":"sandpiper-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18615","title":{"rendered":"Sandpiper migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the fall looms, many birds migrate. I have shown\u00a0other sandpipers that were passing through: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18017\">Greater Yellowlegs<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18223\">Solitary and a Least Sandpiper<\/a>. Here are three more.<\/p>\n<p>The Long-billed Dowitcher breeds along the Arctic coast, but winters along the southern coast of the U.S. and in Mexico. It is just refuelling as it passes through here.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18616\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/longbilleddowatcher160911as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On one occasion it seemed to stumble and had to use its wings to regain its balance.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18626\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/longbilleddowatcher160912as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A particularly uncommon visitor locally is the Buff-breasted Sandpiper.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18624\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/buffbreastedsandpiper160912cs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0breeds on the Arctic coast and islands and usually migrates through the prairies to southern South America. Note its yellow legs.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18623\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/buffbreastedsandpiper160912bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seen with the Buffy is a Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper. Note its black legs.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18622\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bairdsandpiper160912as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both of these two\u00a0sandpipers are insectivores, but the fact that they hang out together is probably the result of the Baird&#8217;s, which often travels in flocks, looking for company rather than the Buffy needing company. The Buffy is in the foreground and the Baird&#8217;s is closer to the water.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18621\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/buff_bairds_sandpipers160912s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Buff-breasted Sandpiper flies down the beach. The Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper will follow.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18625\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/buffbreastedsandpiper160912as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As the fall looms, many birds migrate. I have shown\u00a0other sandpipers that were passing through: Greater Yellowlegs, a Solitary and a Least Sandpiper. Here are three more. 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