Broad-billed Sandpiper
Breeds in Europe...winters in
east Africa, through south and
south-east Asia to Australasia.
east Africa, through south and
south-east Asia to Australasia.
Calidris falcinellus
(L 7.1")
Cairns Esplanade
25Oct2015
To search for a meal on a shore,
A sandpiper finds, is no bore.
Just to beachcomb is bliss;
To be elsewhere, remiss --
And has seldom occurred heretofore.
(psh)
(psh)
Calidris refers to a gray
waterside bird mentioned by
Aristotle; falcinellus in Latin
means sickle.
waterside bird mentioned by
Aristotle; falcinellus in Latin
means sickle.
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