Sanderling

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings often migrate through the middle of the continent in fairly large flocks [May; Lake Superior, Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]

Sanderlings feed right along the surf line, often rushing toward the receding wave to get a few morsels before racing back up the beach to avoid the next wave [May; Lake Superior, Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Sanderling [September; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Sanderling [September; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Sanderling [September; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Shorebirds often travel in large flocks for protection from aerial predators (mostly Sanderlings here); Better odds of your neighbor being picked off! [May; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]

Crashing surf is no threat or menace to the quick Sanderling. Flocks race down to the receding surf to feed before it crashes back up the beach [December; Sanibel Island, Florida]

Crashing surf is no threat or menace to the quick Sanderling. Flocks race down to the receding surf to feed before it crashes back up the beach [December; Sanibel Island, Florida]

Crashing surf is no threat or menace to the quick Sanderling. Flocks race down to the receding surf to feed before it crashes back up the beach [December; Sanibel Island, Florida]

Sanderlings pick along beach refuse for a meal [May; Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wisconsin]