2022-0211 A Day On The Beach

Least Sandpiper on Limantour Spit during high tide

This bird was running along the edge of a small pond in the upper beach being fed by waves washing over a berm.

At high tide Least Sandpipers are forced out of the nearby estero and they fly to the beach to roost in flocks of variable size, from a few to several hundred. The flocks are usually well above the high tide line.


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