Sandpipers Part 4

English: White-rumped Sandpiper

Japanese: koshijiro uzurashigi

Latin: Calidris fuscicollis

Date: 9/JUN/2002

Location: Bolivar Flats, Texas

Size: L = 19cm, WS = 43cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto



English: White-rumped Sandpiper

Japanese: koshijiro uzurashigi

Latin: Calidris fuscicollis

Date: 5/JUN/2004

Location: Quintana Beach, Quintana, Texas

Size: L = 19cm, WS = 43cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Note: When it flew away it showed a white rump.


English: Stilt Sandpiper 

Japanese: ashinaga shigi

Latin: Calidris himantopus

Date: 26/MAY/2002

Location: Galveston Island, Texas

Size: L = 22cm, WS = 46cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Note: This bird had a bad leg. It was actively searching for food, so I guess it will survive.



 English: Stilt Sandpiper

 Japanese: ashinaga shigi

 Latin: Calidris himantopus

 Date: 19/APR/2004

 Location: Anahuac NWR,, Texas

 Size: L = 22cm, WS = 46cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note:




English: Pectoral Sandpiper 

Japanese: america uzurashigi

Latin: Calidris melanotos

Date: 19/APR/2004

Location: Anahuac NWR, Texas

Size: L = 21cm, WS = 46cm

Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

Note: These were seen with Stilt Sandpipers on East Bay Unit of the Refuge.