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🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast
- hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish
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These pinocchios arrive around the beginning of May, when it is already warm and the rivers have melted, but in the neighboring steppe region I meet them at the end of April in flooded meadows near lakes.
The bird is very restless and constantly on the move, back and forth, from shore to shore.
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Wandering along shallow water or the river bank, this bird sometimes shakes its tail like a wagtail, and looks for food in the form of spiders, small crustaceans and mollusks.
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Camera | Lens |
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Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |