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Spotted Redshank
[Tringa erythropus]

[Length 11.75 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Spotted Redshank was photographed at one of the many fish ponds, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 10, 2017)

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Spotted Redshank
[Tringa erythropus]

[Length 12.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Spotted Redshank taking flight was photographed at Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR, Oceanville, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10 lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1978)

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Ruff
[Calidris pugnax]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruff was photographed at Pedricktown, NJ, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1979)

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Ruff
[Calidris pugnax]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruff was photographed at Pedricktown, NJ, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: April 1984)

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Ruff
[Calidris pugnax]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruff was photographed at Bombay Hook NWR, DE, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1989)

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Ruff
[Calidris pugnax]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This male Ruff was photographed at the famous Pedricktown causeway in southwestern New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10.0 mirror lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1984)

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Ruff
[Calidris pugnax]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruff was photographed at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1989)

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Sanderling
[Calidris alba]

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

Sanderlings may be the best known of all the sandpipers. Who has not watched them on beaches running before an incoming wave only to turn immediately and chase the wave as it recedes? This is how they feed, for their prey (sand worms and other invertebrates) must constantly rebuild the entrances to their tunnels with each new wave. During that brief time, they are vulnerable to the Sanderlings. This small group was photographed as they landed on the beach along the central coast of New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1980)

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