Solitary, Sandpiper, Country Club of New Hampshire, North Sutton, NH 9/20/23

[Jay Pitocchelli]

Solitary, Sandpiper inspecting wet mud and grass on hole 4, Country Club of New Hampshire, North Sutton, NH 9/20/2

Dr. Jay Pitocchelli, Professor Emeritus
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102
 
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Funnily enough, I encountered a solitary sandpiper (life bird!) the day before by a puddle on the 10th hole of Amherst Country Club. The next day, 9/20, I saw a flock of what appeared to be 20-30 sandpipers flying (and sounding like sandpipers) over the fairway of the same hole. By all accounts they wouldn't have been solitary sandpipers in a flock like that, so I'm not sure what they were. Other than killdeers, which these weren't, I haven't observed sandpipers on the course until the last two days. Semipalmated, perhaps?