| Common Name: | Sanderling | | Scientific Name: | Calidris alba | | Family: | Scolopacidae (Sandpipers) | | Area: | Nestucca Spit, Oregon | | Date: | January 25, 2005 | 
This member of the Sandpiper family will usually be seen in a group chasing the edge of waves in search of food in winter along the Oregon Coast. A male and a female are shown in lower photo in the breading plumage of of May to August. | 
Oregon Dunes Loop Trail - - - June 21, 2015 | | Reference: | Western Birds by Peterson / Western Birds by Farrand |
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