Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper.

NPS Photo / Ron Harden

Size: 7-8”
Description: Tan-brown back, a white breast, long legs and an orange bill.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live along shorelines of reservoirs, ponds, rivers and streams to 11,500 feet and occasionally higher.
Diet: Forage along shorelines and eat mostly invertebrates.

 

• Spotted Sandpiper (call)

  
  

  Spotted Sandpiper call recorded in Endovalley in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020