On flying Spotted Sandpipers look for the wing stripe and very stiff, shallow wingbeats that help identify this species [July; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]
Aptly named, the Spotted Sandpiper has bold breast spots and bobs its hind end as it walks [May; Mississippi River, Aitkin County, Minnesota]
![On flying Spotted Sandpipers look for the wing stripe and very stiff, shallow wingbeats that help identify this species [July; Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Shorebirds/Spotted-Sandpiper/i-mLVPNM9/0/406fe5fe/S/Spotted%20Sandpiper%20Duluth%20MN%20_MG_9798-S.jpg)
![Aptly named, the Spotted Sandpiper has bold breast spots and bobs its hind end as it walks [May; Mississippi River, Aitkin County, Minnesota]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Shorebirds/Spotted-Sandpiper/i-CCNkJ7p/0/9e006116/S/Spotted%20Sandpiper%2C%20Miss%20R%2C%20MN%20168_6890-S.jpg)
