The Western Sandpiper 



our mud flats and sandy shores are visited in fall and spring by myriads of 

 these confiding voyageurs. While they are most abundant in late April or 

 early May, and again in August and September, we yet have a little 

 sprinkling of them 

 throughout the year, so 

 that ignorance of them 

 is without excuse. 



A mud flat, left bare 

 by the receding tide, is 

 the most favorable for 

 study; and here our little 

 friends gather in com- 

 panies which sometimes 

 number up into the thou- 

 sands. The company is 

 oftenest "mixed" with 

 Least Sandpipers (Piso- 

 bia minutilla) . Some- 

 times it is "fine-mixed," 

 with Sanderlings or Red- 

 backed Sandpipers or 

 (especially along shore) 



With SeiTlinalmated Taken in Santa Barbara Photo by the A uthor 



^ AN INNOCENT TROPHY 



Taken in Washington 



THE BIVOUAC 



Photo by the Author 



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