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.

Juvenile

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.

Juvenile

Forages for invertebrates both at the water's edge and away from it, in grassy marshes and wet fields.

Nonbreeding adult

Juvenile

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.

Juvenile

Graceful, somewhat short-legged shorebird with a horizontal posture. Juveniles are scaly above with a buffy breast. Wingtips extend beyond the tail.

Breeding adult

Breeding adults have dark spotting on the back. Breeds in arctic tundra.

In 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.