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Pectoral Sandpiper

            Pectoral Sandpipers nest from the tundra of easternmost Russia across Alaska and into northern Canada. A few migrate to Australasia for the winter, but most winter in southern South America. This means that some Pectoral Sandpipers make a round-trip migration of nearly 19,000 miles every year!
The breeding male Pectoral Sandpiper has an inflatable throat sac, which expands and contracts rhythmically during display flights. The accompanying vocalization consists of a series of hollow hoots and is one of the most unusual sounds heard in summer on the arctic tundra.
   

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Esquimalt (show map)

Taken on: October 3, 2022

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