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Purple Sandpiper
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Purple Sandpiper
[Calidris maritima]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Purple Sandpiper was photographed at Port Mansfield, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: January 24, 2012)


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Purple Sandpiper
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Purple Sandpiper
[Calidris maritima]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Purple Sandpiper was photographed at Port Mansfield, 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 D7000 camera. (Date: January 24, 2012)


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Purple Sandpiper
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Purple Sandpiper
[Calidris maritima]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Purple Sandpiper was photographed at Port Mansfield, 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: January 24, 2012)


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Rock Sandpiper - Alaska Mainland
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Rock Sandpiper - Alaska Mainland
[Calidris ptilocnemis tschuktsorum]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Rock Sandpiper was photographed in the famous "boneyards" at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: June 1989)


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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
[Calidris ptilocnemis couesi]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

Rock Sandpipers are small, plump shorebirds with a longish, slightly decurved bill. In summer they have a reddish brown cap and back, a dark ear patch, and a black breast patch. In winter they are a dark steel-gray above and on the throat and upper breast. They breed along the coasts of far eastern Siberia, Bering Sea islands, western Alaska, and out along the entire Aleutian Island chain. In winter they withdraw to the inner Aleutians and along the coasts of southern Alaska, western Canada, and the western US as far south as central California. This "Aleutian" Rock Sandpiper was photographed on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1984)


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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
[Calidris ptilocnemis couesi]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Rock Sandpiper was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)


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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
[Calidris ptilocnemis couesi]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Rock Sandpiper was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)


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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
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Rock Sandpiper - Aleutians
[Calidris ptilocnemis couesi]

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Rock Sandpiper was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)


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