The Common Sandpipers
The Common sand piper is very agile on land, but awkward flyers, they poke the sand for bugs or insects and that is probably the meaning for their names.
These birds are carnivores and that dine on crustaceans, insects, worms, and other coastal creatures. They retrieve them by meticulously pecking and probing with their short bills.
In flight, common sandpipers have a stiff-winged style and typically stay close to the water or ground. When airborne they tend to be vocal animals. They sound off with a distinctive three-note, piping-like cry—often represented as "twit-wie-wie-wie."
The bird is a European and Asian species, but is closely related to the similar-looking spotted sandpiper of the Americas. The common sandpiper has a brown upper body and a white underside. When at rest its wing-tips reach halfway back to its tail.
Sandpipers are familiar birds that are often seen running near the water's edge on beaches and tidal mud flats.
Size relative to cup:
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