Cliff Beittel

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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), breeding plumage, on tundra snag, probably watching over nearby chicks, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Image Size: 3697x5509 / 8.0MB; www.cliffbeittel.com; American Stints Animalia Animals Aves Avifauna Birds Calidris minutilla Canada Charadriiformes Churchill Fauna Least Sandpipers Manitoba North American birds North American shorebirds Peeps Sandpiper Family Scolopacidae Scolopacids Wildlife Wilson's Stints actions behaviors behaviours bird photographs bird photos boreal birds boreal forests boreal marshes distraction behaviors distraction displays distractions guarding chicks portraits shorebirds subarctic tundra tundra birds tundra breeders tundra marshes tundra nesters watching chicks watching over chicks
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