Photographed at York Downs, Storm Mgmt Pond
May 9, 2016
Fun Facts:
• One of only two sandpipers who use tree nests of other species, instead of ground nesting.
• Once the hatchlings dry after hatching they jump from the nest, sometimes 30 ft to the ground where parents are waiting to feed them
• Called ‘solitary’ sandpiper due to their solitary migration habit. For this reason it is hard to determine approximate population.
