western sandpiper feeding at seaside beach

animal bill bird birding birdwatching breeding cheeks coastal colorful droopy feather feeding females long longer plumage rich rufous sandpiper seabird shorebird shoreline shoulders shows small tones western wildlife lakeside mudflat mud seaside beach nonbreeding plain pale gray white juveniles look palefaced bright strip feathers upper wings semipalmated shorterbilled duller grayishbrown extremely difficult distinguish largerheaded frontheavy dunlin smaller paler breeds high arctic tundra alaska migration mudflats beaches america