Sanderlings (Calidris alba).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Sanderlings (Calidris alba).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Sanderlings (Calidris alba).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Fleeing the surf: sanderlings (Calidris alba), and an immature ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) at Coquina Beach, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

Fleeing the surf: sanderlings (Calidris alba), and an immature ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) at Coquina Beach, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.
Sanderlings (Calidris alba) and a morsel of mole crab. At Duck, North Carolina.

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) and a morsel of mole crab. At Duck, North Carolina.
Little sanderling, long shadow.
Calidris alba, at Duck, North Carolina.
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Little sanderling, long shadow.
Calidris alba, at Duck, North Carolina.
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