Although some shorebirds prefer habitats further from the water, most are found at the water’s edge. It may seem strange for shorebirds to run away from water as fast as their legs can carry them. Yet ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A flock of sanderlings takes flight at Higgins Beach in Scarborough on ...

On beach walks these days, I always look for sanderlings — those cute little sandpipers that run back and forth like wind-up toys in synchrony with the waves. Sanderlings are among the most common ...

A sanderling’s name is perhaps fitting, considering how its breeding plumage mimics the sand of its preferred beach habitat. About the size of an American robin, a sanderling’s tawny, speckled brown ...

It is, to paraphrase a sporting cliche, a sky of two halves. To the west, a bank of grey and purple hangs low over a whitecap-scattered sea, while inland a sky of summer blue and billowing white ...

Paul Donahue will speak at the San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center Saturday, June 1, at 6 p.m. He will talk about life on the coastal scene, presenting “A Tale of Two Shorebirds” — the Sanderlings ...

It’s early autumn and I’m standing on a sandy beach near Ardivachar Point in South Uist. There’s still a hint of warmth in the air despite the summer’s end, but what really catches my attention are ...

Photographer’s description: “It was below freezing and there was a chilling breeze. I noticed that the sanderlings flew into the breeze and traveled downwind to feed. I maneuvered slowly to the ...

February is the month that ushers in the northern migration of shorebirds. Flocks get bigger into April, then disappear by May as most of the birds leave for the Arctic to breed. It can be a ...