Photo of the Week: Semipalmated Sandpiper at Erie Marsh Preserve

A small brown and white shorebird with white underbelly, small head, short neck, and dark bill pauses in the shallow water as it forages.

We were into our second hour of birding this week at Erie Marsh Preserve before we found a Semipalmated Sandpiper.

Once my birding friend and I found one, we discovered another two dozen (and possibly more!) Semipalmated Sandpipers foraging in an adjacent mudflat at the marsh.

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