TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Solitary Sandpiper Wading Solitary Sandpiper- Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper- Tringa solitaria, Order CHARADRIIFORMES - Family SCOLOPACIDAE - Subfamily Scolopacinae. This sandpiper was found wading in Acton Lake in Hueston Woods Stae park in early May near the north end of the lake on sandbars. (Photo: May 10, 2004, Hueston Woods, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6 USM, Better Beamer Flash Extender)

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.