UPLAND SANDPIPER
10"
Recorded in Wise County, Texas, in August 2000
FIELD IDENTIFICATION: A common spring and fall migrant, the Upland Sandpiper is often found in plowed fields, and open grassy fields. It has a thin neck and small head, with a short bill. Its neck and breast are slightly marked, and in flight is has a pale trailing edge of the inner wing. Just after landing it often keeps its wings raised for just a moment.
Sketched in pencil by Claire Curry (Summer 2000)