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We spotted a bird out by the lake which seems to be a common sandpiper. I've run across a nest of eggs before but haven't seen one of these in our neighborhood.

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vriddy

Oooh really cute :D Thanks for sharing!! I always love seeing these brightening my reading page.

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yourlibrarian

\o/

From:

morrow

I love these guys and their long beaks!

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yourlibrarian

They are cute little things.

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cmcmck

Yes,I'd say that was a sandpiper!

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yourlibrarian

👍

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emeraldarrows

Very cute!

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yourlibrarian

I'm wondering if it had a nest nearby. I've seen one before built on the ground on some rocks and we do have quite a few rockpiles close to nearby bushes.

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adafrog

Cool.

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yourlibrarian

🙂

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scintilla10

Aww! A cutie!

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yourlibrarian

Isn't it?

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cassildra

What a cute little thing. About how big would you say it was?

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yourlibrarian

They're fairly small. I wasn't that close but given its size compared to the retaining wall I'd say it was smaller than a crow but larger than a robin?

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adore

i'm in love. it looks like if mice were birds.

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yourlibrarian

Haha, I can see what you mean.

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blackcatofmisery

I think this is the bird I see in my area. It would make sense; I live near a few lakes. With the way it runs across the street, though, I always just call it a roadrunner, but I know it's not. (Very wrong region.)

They're cute!

=^..^=~

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yourlibrarian

It's funny you should mention this because birds seem to have two kinds of movement. Some, as you said, move like road runners. The others waddle. We thought the same when we saw a pheasant for the first time two years ago -- and wow, it moved fast!