least sandpiper
calidris minutilla latin

Coastal zones are habitat for ruddy turnstones and least sandpipers.

In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above.

Osprey nest north of Ellis Cove, and the mudflats and rocky beach host greater yellowlegs, western and Least sandpipers, and Dunlin.

Bird-watchers in the area have documented more than 50 kinds of birds at the reservoir, including the white-faced ibis, green- and blue-winged teals, baldpates, northern shovelers and least sandpipers.

The Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird.