| Common Name: | Sandpiper, Western | | Scientific Name: | Calidris mauri | | Family: | Scolopacidae (Sandpipers) | | Area: | Siltscoos Beach, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area | | Date: | June 30, 2015 | 
Western Sandpipers are only slightly larger than Least Sandpipers and have black legs rather than yellow. Western Sandpipers breed from Northern Alaska to Siberia, winter all along the Pacific Coast. The top photo shows the breeding plumage, the lower photo the non-breeding plumage. | 
Ona Beach State Park, Oregon - - - September 1, 2013 | | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America by Kaufman / The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by Sibley |
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