Baird's Sandpiper Photo Gallery
Adult
Slender shorebird with broad breast, short legs, and very gently drooping, black bill. Stands with a horizontal posture and wingtips extend beyond the tail.
© Sulli Gibson / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, May 07, 2020Juvenile
Medium-sized sandpiper with a broad breast, short legs, and ever so slightly drooping bill. Long wings extend past end of tail. Juveniles have a buffy breast and scaly upperparts.
© Dorian Anderson / Macaulay LibraryOregon, August 28, 2020Juvenile
Forages for invertebrates both at the water's edge and away from it, in grassy marshes and wet fields.
© Matthew D. Medler / Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 14, 2014Not all videos have soundJuvenile
In flight, note the long wings and weak whitish wing stripe. Also note there is a dark stripe from the lower back to the center of the tail.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 01, 2020Juvenile
Graceful, somewhat short-legged shorebird with a horizontal posture. Juveniles are scaly above with a buffy breast. Wingtips extend beyond the tail.
© Luke Seitz / Macaulay LibraryMaine, September 04, 2010Breeding adult
Breeding adults have dark spotting on the back. Breeds in arctic tundra.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 18, 2012In flight (with Western Sandpiper)
In flight, note the long wings and weak whitish wing stripe (compare with Western Sandpiper, second from the right). Also note dark stripe from the lower back to the center of the tail.
© Margaret Viens / Macaulay LibraryUtah, August 27, 2016Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Sandpipers and Allies(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae)
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