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PHOTOS OF CONNECTICUT BIRDS
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Shorebirds:
SMALLER SHOREBIRDS

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All photos taken in Connecticut.

Sanderling
(Calidris alba)

Molting adult.
August, 2003. Westport. © AJ Hand


Semipalmated Sandpiper
(Calidris pusilla)


August, 2002. Milford. © Paul Fusco

August, 1994. Old Lyme. © Dave Provencher

Western Sandpiper
(Calidris mauri)

August, 1994. Old Lyme. © Dave Provencher


Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)

Juveniles. August, 1994. Old Lyme.
© Dave Provencher

 

Juvenile. Fall, 1998. Milford. © Paul Fusco

 

October, 1998. Madison. © Dave Provencher


White-rumped Sandpiper
(Calidris fuscicollis)

 

May, 1994. Madison. © Dave Provencher


Baird's Sandpiper
(Calidris bairdii)


August, 2002. Westport. © AJ Hand


September, 2001. Madison. © Paul Fusco


Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)


June, 2002. Westport. © AJ Hand


September, 1983. Stratford. © Mark Szantyr


Purple Sandpiper
(Calidris maritima)

November, 2001. Mouth of Saugatuck River.
© AJ Hand


Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)


August, 1984. Old Lyme. © Dave Provencher


December, 2002. Westport. © AJ Hand


Curlew Sandpiper
(Calidris ferruginea)

October, 1998. Old Lyme. © Mark Szantyr


American Woodcock
(Scolopax minor)

March, 2004. Westport. © AJ Hand


Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus)

3 of 5 birds present.
August, 1983. West Haven.
© Mark Szantyr


May, 2000. East Morris. © Bruce Finnan


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