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Calidris pusilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sandstrandläufer

The species can be difficult to distinguish from other small sandpipers. On migration, Eastern populations undertake nonstop transoceanic flights of 3,000-4,000 km from New England and southern Canada to South America. Holden Creek, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC. Canada

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