A least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. These are the smallest shorebirds.

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A least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) in loose mud at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. In this particular area, the mud is loose enough that even the tiniest birds start to sink and have to use their wings to extract themselves.

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A least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) on the mud flats at the East Pond in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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