I am posting this photo of a Spotted Sandpiper in recognition
of World Shorebirds Day, the 6th of September. Cornell Lab of
Ornithology posted this morning on Facebook about World Shorebirds Day
featuring a Spotted Sandpiper as their bird of the week, which jogged my mind
about this Spotted Sandpiper that I photographed yesterday on Beaver Creek at Ona Beach. It’s a juvenile, so that’s why it’s still
missing its familiar spotted breast. The Cornell post pointed out that the
Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread sandpiper in North America. It breeds as far north as Alaska, and winters
as far south as South America. We are
fortunate in Oregon to be at the cross over point and are able to see them year
around.
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