Sanderling

Sanderlings were common sandpiper on our 29 January 2022 beach stroll. These sandpipers are cosmopolitan—although breeding in the Arctic, they can be seen “on almost any sandy beach, anywhere on the planet” (Macwhirter et al. 2020). I enjoyed trying to photograph these little birds as they ran back and forth with the waves and across tidal pools. The problem was that the Sanderlings seldom stood still.