Saturday, May 23, 2020

A Spotted Sandpiper for Saturday Critters

I search for water birds at this time of year,
earlier this week I had found a Greater Yellowlegs and I was delighted with my discovery.  The next day I returned to the sae location hoping to see it again.  However I did see a small grey bird but it flew away when it became aware of my presence . so I watched as it landed quite a distance away and I took pictures of where it had landed hoping that I could identify what it might be.
 Spotted Sandpiper
I took this picture from quite a distance and only when editing the picture did I see the spotted breast! This was a surprising discovery for me.






I then edited a second picture and I was able to see its spotted breast again as the bird was taking off in flight.

I edited my second edit a bit closer and the spots were even more evident!
Wonderful, I was even more pleased with my Spotted Sandpiper discovery.
I am linking today with Eileen's Saturday critters which can be found at
viewingnaturewithweileen.blogspot.com


5 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

Great sighting of the Spotted Sandpiper. They are lovely birds to find!
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day, have a happy weekend!

Anu said...

Hello. Congratulations on that sighting. Have a nice weekend.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

How exciting to see this Sandpiper! It's fun to get home with our photos and 'zoom' in for a better look!

me ann my camera said...

Thank you all for your comments. They are muchly appreciated.

DeniseinVA said...

How lovely!