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🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast
- hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish
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This short-legged sandpiper appears on the outskirts of my city around the beginning of May. And in the neighboring steppe region I met them at the end of April.
They are very easy to spot by their “giggling” squeaky voice, which the bird makes when flying low over the water.
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In summer they are less active, I mean more silent, and you can mainly hear alarm signals. They fly back unnoticed, so I can’t say when this happens, probably in mid-August.
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Camera | Lens |
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Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |