sandpiper
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Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
The state’s shores offer temperate-weather hiking with views of dramatic cliffs, crashing waves, pelagic birds such as the blue-footed booby and several species of sandpiper, and native wildflowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Jolie is the 14,000th addition to the ark; the 13,000th milestone species, announced in July 2022, was the spoon-billed sandpiper.
From National Geographic ● May 19, 2023
Birders flocked to the 520 floating bridge this week after learning that a sharp-tailed sandpiper had been spotted nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
The ornithologist David Sibley says that in Cape May, New Jersey, he once spotted a bird in flight from two hundred yards away and knew, instantly, that it was a ruff, a rare sandpiper.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
