Photo 19409306, (c) Kala Murphy King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Kala Murphy King

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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

Observer

kalamurphyking

Date

May 2, 2017 09:26 AM CDT

Description

White Rock lake, upper spillway
A Third Baird's
There were 6 baird's in all. Interesting fact from the Cornell site: "•The female Baird's Sandpiper lays a clutch of eggs that is up to 120% of her body mass in four days, shortly after arriving in the Arctic, with essentially no stored fat."

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