Calidris alpina
(L 8.5" WS 17" Wt 2.1 oz)
Familiar shorebird found
‘round the world.
Black belly (during breed-
ing season) and drooping
bill is distinctive.
In the late 16th C, John White
painted more than 30 species of
birds in No. America. He became
the governor of Roanoke and the
grandfather of Virginia Dare, the
first English child born in America.
(Scott Weidensaul)