[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in breeding plumage (one of the first east coast records in recent history) was photographed at Jamaica Bay NWR in New York, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: July 1981)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Solitary Sandpiper was photographed at Anahuac NWR East Bayou Tract, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: April 19, 2010)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Solitary Sandpiper was photographed at TOS Sabine Woods, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 26, 2007)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Solitary Sandpiper was photographed at the Wildlife Drive at Quivira NWR, Great Bend, Kansas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: April 27, 2025)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Solitary Sandpiper was photographed in a park near Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1981)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Solitary Sandpiper was photographed at the famous Beanery at Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1977)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Spoon-billed Sandpiper was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 12, 2017)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Spoon-billed Sandpiper was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 10, 2017)