White-rumped Sandpipers at Green Pond ~ June 5, 2008

Scanning the flooded fields by Green Pond yielded two White-rumped Sandpipers. They cooperated for these photos.

White-rumped Sandpiper at the flooded fields next to Green Pond in Northampton County. Note the streaking reaching all the way down to the flanks, the wingtips extending just beyond the tail, and the dull reddish base of the lower mandible. This is one of the two that were present.

White-rumped Sandpiper at the flooded fields next to Green Pond in Northampton County. This fuzzy flight photo shows the all-white rump patch.

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