Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Baird's sandpiper near Arviat
  

    Baird's sandpiper near Arviat

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    Baird's sandpiper near Arviat
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    by Sophia Granchinho from Arviat CA on 18 Jun 2016
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    Baird's sandpiper

    • Camera: Canon EOS 7D
    • Focal: 400 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.0015625 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 5.6
    • ISO: 250
    tagged: water brown outdoors one nature summer grass animal environment outside wild shore bird wings small wildlife north feather canada rare arctic calidris sandpiper nunavut baird tundra long-winged shorebird bairdii arviat

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    Sheri Rypstra posted 2016-06-21 1:08pm

    Lovely shot!!

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    Allen_Woodliffe posted 2016-06-19 2:15pm

    Hi Sophia...you get a lot of shorebirds nesting and passing through your area. FYI, the one shown here is actually a Dunlin. The reddish brown back and the patch of black on the belly are typical only of Dunlin.

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