Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
The Pectoral Sandpiper breeds in the high Arctic tundra and usually migrates east of the Rocky Mountains. The bird I met in San Diego must have made a wrong turn somewhere.

Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) |
Description: (Calidris melanotos) Part of the collection at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California USA 2011-11-01. |
Date Taken: 2011:11:01 15:10 |
Location:
W F V Z |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 105 mm, f/8.0, 1/1 |
File Name: D3X4588-PectoralSandPiper |
© 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) |
Description: (Calidris melanotos) Part of the collection at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California USA 2011-11-01. |
Date Taken: 2011:11:01 15:10 |
Location:
W F V Z |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 105 mm, f/8.0, 1/1 |
File Name: D3X4591-PectoralSandPiper |
© 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) |
Description: (Calidris melanotos) Foraging in the swampy margins of the Penasquitos slough in Sorrento Valley, San Diego County, California USA 2010-07-23. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:23 11:43 |
Location:
Sorrento |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD2643.PectoralSandPiper |
© 2010 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) |
Description: (Calidris melanotos) Foraging in the swampy margins of the Penasquitos slough in Sorrento Valley, San Diego County, California USA 2010-07-23. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:23 12:06 |
Location:
Sorrento |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD2723.PectoralSandPiper |
© 2010 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) |
Description: (Calidris melanotos) Foraging in the swampy margins of the Penasquitos slough in Sorrento Valley, San Diego County, California USA 2010-07-23. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:23 12:06 |
Location:
Sorrento |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: Cut_JCD2723.PectoralSandPiper |
© 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |

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