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Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 06, 2025 09:05 by Petra Clayton
- Turri Road Tidal Ponds, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8218378&<ll...>,-120.8218378 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S265744072 - Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 8/1/25 (Steve Tillmann)
Foraging in the first tidal pond with Least and Western Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalaropes and Greater Yellowlegs.
Size wise between Least and Western Sandpiper with a lighter scaly back; white underparts with buff-colored upper breast; pale supercilium; shorter bill than Least Sandpiper, black, straight and with a blunt tip; black legs.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Semipalmated Sandpiper foraging with Least Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalaropes and a Greater Yellowlegs:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54710865426/in/dateposted-public/" title="Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Los Osos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54710865426_4f666bc82e_z.jpg" alt="Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Los Osos, CA" /></a>"
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