Sanderling feeding at dawn
Sanderlings were foraging along the shore for a little time this morning, before darting off somewhere - this one finding a little morsel. Pale yellow sunrise colours only today.
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19 - Coast
Drawing all these feathers was a pain, but sanderlings are such sweet little beans I'm not even mad
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#birdoftheday alt theme #onelegged here’s a one legged #Sanderling roaming the beach.
Taken with #CanonR5 on a 55-250mm lens
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Sanderling on beach
a pair of Sanderling on beach
flock of Sanderling on beach
Sanderling fly past
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I am really happy with how these pictures of a Sanderling came out! The pictures were taken on Lighthouse Beach-Sanibel island around 8:40 am.
📷 Canon EOS 5DMK3 Lens EF 75-300mm
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A simple photo for this #WildlifeWednesday. A Sanderling enjoying the beach.
#sanderling #nature #naturephotography #lincolnshirecoast #lincolnshirewildlife #wildlifephotography #natureswindows
🪶 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. The Alt. Is #Robins.
I have a shot of a small flock of Sanderling foraging on the shoreline with their reflections visible in the sand.
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#birdoftheday is #splash -ing waves #Dunlin and #Sanderling waiting for the right time to run back to the water.
Taken with a #CanonR5 on a 200-800mm #birds #wildlifephotography
A sanderling, a small white and brown shorebird with a long black beak and black legs, searches the sand for crabs and mollusks at dusk. Sanderlings are extreme migrants - they spend fall through spring on sandy beaches and summers breeding in the Arctic.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Splash any bird capture with a splash of water, wave breaking or droplets of water on the bird. The alt is #Sparrow any Sparrow capture. Here's a #Sanderling searching the sand at dusk as the surf brings more goodies. #Birds #NaturePhotography #ECK #Shorebirds
A sanderling stands in shallow water, its head submerged as it searches for food. The bird's plumage is light brown and white, with intricate feather details visible. The background is softly blurred, highlighting the focused action of the bird against the gentle ripples in the water.
Today's #birdoftheday theme is #splash. Well this #Sanderling is making quite the splash!!
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A single silhouetted Sanderling feeding in the shallow water of a previous wave, as another one approaches from the left. The overall tone is golden yellow caused by the rising sun low on the horizon - sparkles catching the incoming wave, and the water all around the Sanderling.
Sanderling feeding at dawn
Early start to catch the sunrise, loving the reflected colours and sparkles on the wave and standing water, and the silhouetted Sanderling with it's catch.
It's a 16x9 crop so please view large if you can
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Two Bar-tailed Godwit at the seashore; one with its beak tucked into its wing and the other facing left. In front of them is a large flock of roosting Dunlin with a clump of seaweed in the left foreground on the sandy beach. The background is the sea with a small wave rolling into shore. There is a sanderling flying through the frame on the left
🪶 For today’s #SuperSeabirdSunday I have a shot of two Bar-tailed Godwit at the seashore with a flock of Dunlin roosting in front of them and a Sanderling flying by.
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Sanderling - older posting - share your sanderling photos in the comments.
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A small sanderling shorebird in winter plumage stands at the shoreline where wet sand meets calm, rippled water, with its black bill pointed downward as it forages
A sanderling works the shoreline in search of its next meal
Point Reyes, California
Feb. 2026
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"A small shorebird stands at the edge of the surf, its body fluffed into a soft, rounded silhouette as a breeze lifts and ruffles its feathers. The sanderling’s plumage—normally sleek and close to the body—now blooms outward in delicate layers of white and pale brown, giving it the look of a tiny, wind-tossed puffball. Its black legs are thin and straight, planted firmly in the damp sand as a thin sheet of water glides past its feet. The bird’s beak, narrow and jet-black, points slightly downward as if it has just paused mid-forage. Behind it, the ocean rolls in with foamy waves, each one catching the light and dissolving into soft whites and silvers. The background is blurred by motion and distance, making the sanderling the clear, bright focal point—its ruffled feathers capturing both the texture of the wind and the quiet resilience of a creature living at the edge of land and sea. The photograph, credited to “Swede’s Photographs,” holds a moment of stillness within movement: a small bird bracing itself against the coastal breeze, its feathers telling the story of the weather more vividly than the waves behind it." - Microsoft Copilot
Don't Get Your Feathers Ruffled
I’ve been studying this photo of a sanderling (Calidris alba), trying to make sense of what’s happening ...
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🪶 Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut; birds captured mid step. The Alternative is #ColourfulCaptures.
I’m going for a Sanderling two days a row! This one caught running along the shore.
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A small bird perched on a branch, facing away from the viewer, with soft brown and cream-colored plumage and a clear blue sky in the background.
A colourful bird perched on a branch, featuring a distinctive red and white head, with a creamy body and a blue sky in the background.
@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #MixedPairs for today’s #BirdOfTheDay, pairs of birds of different species. Alt. is #Finches
Here are for the alt a #Chaffinch and a #Goldfinch
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A Dunlin and Sanderling standing on one leg at the shoreline. Both birds are centre of frame; Dunlin on the left and sanderling on the right and slightly in front of it. The foreground is wet sand, reflecting the light. The background is a calm sea with minds of seaweed to the right.
🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #MixedPairs for today’s #BirdOfTheDay, pairs of birds of different species. Alt. is #Finches
Here’s a Dunlin and Sanderling hanging out on the shoreline.
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HEY! get back here with my grub A sanderling (Calidris alba) chasing another at Ormond Beach, Oxnard, California, October 2024 #oxnard #ormond #beach #ormondbeach #sanderling #Nikon #Z9#naturephotography #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography 🪶
#BirdOfTheDay theme for this Wednesday is #ShoutItOut. Here we have a Sanderling giving a shoutout to his Peeps. #peeps #birds #shorebirds #sandpipers #sanderling
A crouched great blue heron, walking from left to right with its left leg raised, stalks lunch at the Massachusetts Audubon Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk MA
An osprey faces left with its beak open as it sits on its nest in the Massachusetts Audubon Allen’s Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Dartmouth MA
A sanderling with its long black beak wades through shallow stony water from left to right in an inlet in Dartmouth MA
A willet walks right to left in the foamy surf of the Gulf of Mexico in Bonita Springs FL
For @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme #SideView here’s a quartet that enjoys being in and near near the water: great blue #heron, #osprey, #sanderling and #willet.
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A single sanderling in winter plumage, standing on one leg on the beach as soft frothy surf flows over its foot. A number of other sanderlings are standing behind, out of focus, giving some context to the group that flits in and around the surf on the beach
In the froth
Sanderling standing in the surf, ahead of the flock
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🪶 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore. Alternative is #Blue.
I have a Ruddy Turnstone and Dunlin surrounded by Sanderling on the shore.
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A little sanderling, running in and out with each wave, grabbing food in the wet sand.
A little sanderling, running in and out with each wave, grabbing food in the wet sand.
Spends the winter in Norfolk, UK, and the summer in the Arctic.
Pic taken last week.
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Breezy Point Beach: Cute little Sanderling running away from the group with a Crustacean; “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s MINE!” Have you ever seen how they run? 😍🥰 #sanderling #shorebirds #birds #birdwatching #wildlife
Leading the Charge
Sanderling flock moving slowly along a wet and windy beach
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