A Red Knot stands on a small seaweed-covered rock just off shore at Gooseberry Island, Westport, MA in mid-September, 2024

A Stilt Sandpiper stands in a saltwater panne at Allens Pond Preserve in Westport, MA in August, 2024

Small flock of Greater Yellowlegs crosses paths with a lone Pectoral Sandpiper above Allens Pond Preserve in Westport, MA in early September, 2024

I got a bunch of lifers in Europe but I'm especially happy with three sandpipers I got near home, all of which had been eluding me. (The Red Knot was my nemesis bird at the time.)

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