Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Glendale Recharge Ponds, Maricopa County

This Semipalmated Sandpiper was discovered and photographed by Kurt Radamaker on 20 August 2011.

A rare, but regular, fall transient in Arizona.  Usually associates with other peeps. 

Crisp pale edges to feathers indicate this is a juvenile.  Black legs, stout bill and lack of rusty scapulars eliminate Least and Western Sandpiper. 

20 August 2011, photo by Kurt Radamaker

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