Long wings and feathers like scales

Wonderful views of two juvenile Baird's Sandpipers (Calidris bairdii) feeding along the wrack line on Salmon Creek Beach tonight (22 August 2016).  At one point, they walked right by us!

 

 

 

 

For a little more information about Baird's Sandpipers and their amazing migration, see the post from 3 August 2013.