[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Buff-breasted Sandpiper was photographed at the "TURFCO" sod farms, Robstown, Texas, USA. 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: August 22, 2009)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Buff-breasted Sandpiper was photographed at the "TURFCO" sod farms, Robstown, Texas, USA. 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: August 22, 2009)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Buff-breasted Sandpiper was photographed at Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: September 16, 2010)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Buff-breasted Sandpiper was photographed at the La Feria Sod Farm, La Feria, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 16, 2011)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 13.25 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed at Loch Garten RSPB Reserve, Boat of Garten, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 17, 2004)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed in the hand after it was rescued when it had swallowed a fisherman's bait and hook on Amami Island, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed at one of the many fish ponds, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 10, 2017)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed in the hand after it was rescued when it had swallowed a fisherman's bait and hook on Amami Island, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)