#scolopacidae

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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Today is mi birthday!! Why not celebrate by sharing one of my fave birds, the Least Sandpiper!!

Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma, USA. April 2026.

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Willet (Tringa semipalmata). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Sanderling (Calidris alba). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) female. Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

The colorful ones are the females, and the pale ones are the males.

Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, OR, USA

photograph by Michelle Lamberson

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Sanderling (Calidris alba). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Do you see them? All four of them? It took me several minutes of looking for movement before I was able to spot them. It amazes me how well animals are able to camouflage themselves.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.