Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla

Abundance: Very common
Season: Winter/non-breeding season
Habitat: Shore or mudflat

Slide #25.21.38 - Adult, alternate (Jul 7). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #25.21.22 - Adult, alternate molting to basic (Jul 23). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #25.21.10 - Adult, basic (Nov 22). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #25.21.43 - Juvenile (Aug 4). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #25.21.24 - 1st year basic (Sep 5). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.