[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Stilt Sandpiper was photographed at WBC Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 3, 2009)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Stilt Sandpiper was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1991)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Stilt Sandpiper was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1991)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

Upland Sandpipers are common breeding birds in grasslands and farmlands throughout the northeastern, northcentral, and Great Plains states of the US, the grassland prairies of central and western Canada, and eastern Alaska. They are declining over much of their eastern range, however. This classic "fencepost" pose was photographed at the Featherbed Lane breeding site in southern New Jersey. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1981)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Upland Sandpiper was photographed at Valentine NWR, Nebraska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: June 1986)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Upland Sandpiper in flight was photographed near Sharptown, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Western Sandpiper was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 20, 2006)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Western Sandpiper was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2008)