15-18 cm (6-7") Common in migration along East coast, more abundant along West. Nests on Tundra, winters on coastal beaches, mudflats. Sparrow-sized "peep" sandpiper; sharp-pointed, black bill, usually drooping at tip; black legs.
Summer: reddish-brown shoulders, ear patch and on crown; white, black-streaked underparts.
Winter: grayish above, white below. Very similar Semipalmated Sandpiper has shorter, blunter bill, lower call.
Song: "dzheet".
Stilt Sandpiper
Red Knot
Great Knot
Purple Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Least Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sanderling