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Purple
Sandpipers and Dunlin at Presqu'ile on 1 January 2020 |
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Five Purple Sandpipers fed on extensive algae at Presqu'ile
Provincial Park on 1 January 2020. They were all in first winter
plumage. Please click on photo above or link below for video. |
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VIDEO: Purple Sandpipers feed on algae mat at Presqu'ile |
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All five Purple Sandpipers on algae at Owen Point, Presqu'ile, where
they are feeding on invertebrates. Wave action from Lake Ontario
kept the algae from drying out. 1 January 2020. |
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First winter Purple Sandpiper shows white-edged wing covers and
first winter grey scapulars. Owen Point, Presqu'ile Provincial park
on 1 January 2020. |
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First winter Purple (top) and first winter Dunlin at Owen Point,
Presqu'ile Provincial park on 1 January 2020. |
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Purple Sandpipers are hardy, nesting in the Arctic and wintering as
far north as Labrador. Owen Point, Presqu'ile Provincial park on 1
January 2020. |
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First winter Purple Sandpiper fed on the extensive algae mat and
found something to eat. Owen Point, Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 1
January 2020. |
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Dunlin in first winter plumage
was with five Purple Sandpipers at Presqu'ile on 1 January 2020. |
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