The name sanderling comes from the Icelandic, "sanderla," which alludes to the birds' sandy habitat according to the Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
When the tide is out a huge expanse of mud is left exposed on this flat landscape, giving the perfect opportunity for wading birds such as sanderling to feast themselves on the variety of marine invertebrates that call this mud home. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Blog Network] Reference
A flock of winter-pale sanderling are feeding along the sea's ever changing margin. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: South Uist] Reference
Then, just metres away, lands one of the most entertaining of wading birds, the starling-sized sanderling. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Holme Dunes, Norfolk] Reference
My first plover warden shift of the season and a flock of them and two sanderling friends shows up fresh from migration. From Wordnik.com. [Piping Plovers and Friends] Reference
There are a few terrestrial animals restricted to the high Arctic such as the sanderling (Calidris alba) and a common Collembola, Vertagopus brevicaudus. From Wordnik.com. [Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic] Reference
However, the sanderling, similar to many other high-arctic breeders, might be affected even more strongly, as southern tundra habitat types are projected to replace their specific high-arctic habitats. From Wordnik.com. [Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges] Reference
Among the most abundant shorebirds in the slough are the western sandpiper, least sandpiper, marbled godwit, dowitchers, willet, American avocet, black-bellied plover, sanderling and long-billed curlew. From Wordnik.com. [Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, California] Reference
A sanderling searches for food at Red River Beach in Harwich. From Wordnik.com. [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference
Some other representative birds for this ecoregion include reddish egret (Egretta rufescens), little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), sanderling (Calidris alba), sandpiper (C. mauri) and Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves] Reference
sanderling 2. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
sanderling. From Wordnik.com. [WalkJogRun New Running Routes]
San Pedro, sanderling, sandpiper, shorebirds, vacation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
San Pedro, sanderling, sandpiper, shorebirds, vacation comments. From Wordnik.com. [Last night I dreamt of San Pedro] Reference
Some of the many representative avifauna are black-bellied tree duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), snowy egret (Egretta thula), sanderling (Calidris alba), American kestrel (Falco sparverius), blue-winged teal (Anas discors), northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), elegant trogan (Trogan ambiguus), summer tanager (Piranga rubra), white-tailed hawk (Buteo albicaudatus), merlin (Falco columbarius), plain-capped starthroat (Heliomaster constantii), painted bunting (Passerina ciris) and wood stork (Mycteria americana). From Wordnik.com. [Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves] Reference
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