Big Wave Tiny Sanderling
by Dawn Currie
Title
Big Wave Tiny Sanderling
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic art by Dawn Currie. One of my favorite pastimes in the winter here in Florida is watching tiny Sanderlings (Calidris alba) run back and forth along the edge of the surf. Their small stature makes it important not to get caught by a crashing wave, but that is where their food is at. So, back and forth they run, and on occasion they fly to escape the coming wave. I photographed this Sanderling while participating in the 2020 Southern Brevard County Christmas Bird Count (Audubon).
The Sanderling’s black legs blur as it runs back and forth on the beach, picking or probing for tiny prey in the wet sand left by receding waves. Sanderlings are medium-sized “peep” sandpipers recognizable by their pale nonbreeding plumage, black legs and bill, and obsessive wave-chasing habits. These extreme long-distance migrants breed only on High Arctic tundra, but during the winter they live on most of the sandy beaches of the world.
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January 20th, 2020
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