sanderling
noun
sand·er·ling
ˈsan-dər-liŋ 
: a small widely distributed sandpiper (Calidris alba) with pale gray and white plumage in winter
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Four sandhill cranes off Central Street in Plainfield, a continuing blue grosbeak on Aqua Vitae Road in Hadley, 18 greater yellowlegs and two sanderlings in the East Meadows in Northampton, and three red crossbills at Quabbin Park at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown.
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BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
Piping plovers scuttle amid pieces of driftwood and coastal vegetation as speckled sanderlings hop around on one leg.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
The first aviary focuses on shorebirds — plovers, sandpipers, sanderlings — that come to the Delaware Bay around Cape May, N.J., to munch on horseshoe crab eggs.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
Franklin County: There was a sanderling at Quabbin Gate 35 in New Salem, and two dickcissels were spotted in Deerfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
In the region, a black scoter and a sanderling were in Northfield, and two dickcissels were found in Deerfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
Migratory birds—specifically little seaside birds called sanderlings—did not have enough insects to eat during the breeding season.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
Only a quarter of the average sanderling populations were accounted for, and those individuals were in bad shape.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
Shorebirds such as sanderlings and plovers are down by about one-third, the team says.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Sep. 2019
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BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
Piping plovers scuttle amid pieces of driftwood and coastal vegetation as speckled sanderlings hop around on one leg.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
The first aviary focuses on shorebirds — plovers, sandpipers, sanderlings — that come to the Delaware Bay around Cape May, N.J., to munch on horseshoe crab eggs.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
Franklin County: There was a sanderling at Quabbin Gate 35 in New Salem, and two dickcissels were spotted in Deerfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
In the region, a black scoter and a sanderling were in Northfield, and two dickcissels were found in Deerfield.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
Migratory birds—specifically little seaside birds called sanderlings—did not have enough insects to eat during the breeding season.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
Only a quarter of the average sanderling populations were accounted for, and those individuals were in bad shape.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
Shorebirds such as sanderlings and plovers are down by about one-third, the team says.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Sep. 2019
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“Sanderling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanderling. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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