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'Spotted Sandpiper' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Spotted Sandpiper

On the shores of the Holbrook Island Sanctuary, this Spotted Sandpiper forages in the tangles of Knotted Wrack.

23 September 2021

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Castine, Maine

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius
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