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Photographing Young Spotted Sandpiper Chicks

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-07T15:22:00-05:00July 31st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Nesting Birds, Spotted Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: Actitis macularia, adult, bouncing, calling, chicks, creek, creek bed, foraging, grasses, green, photograph, photographing, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebird, shorebirds, Spotted Sandpiper, walking, water, water's edge, willows, young|

I was able to get back out into the field yesterday and I had a marvelous time photographing young Spotted Sandpiper chicks and learning more about their behaviors near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains.

Teetering Spotted Sandpiper at Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-07T15:34:46-05:00May 5th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Spotted Sandpipers, Utah|Tags: Actitis macularia, bouncing, sandpipers, shorebirds, song, sound, Spotted Sandpiper, teetering|

The movement and bird that caught my eye was a Spotted Sandpiper teetering on a rock right next to the water. I adore Spotted Sandpipers so I just had to take images of the butt bouncing bird.