Sanderling - On a very windy day, a lone Sanderling was picking his way down the beach on the Drayton Harbor side of the Semiahmoo Peninsula. This birds feathers were pretty roughed up and you could tell they were ready to molt but flight feathers look crisp. These are the lightest of the winter peeps here along our shoreline and are extremely hard to see especially in the white froth blown up at the tide line. Their latin name, Caldris alba, translates to white sandpiper. Michael Klotz - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
Sanderling - Semiahmoo