Many readers have probably seen the movie "The Big Year," which was shown in movie theaters last summer. Most serious birders do a big year every single year, but not on the continental scale ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The bird of the week for today is Pectoral Sandpiper. The Pectoral Sandpiper is a medium-sized, chunky shorebird. It is a long-distance migrant that breeds on the Arctic Tundra, ...

Cuteness aside, though, sandpipers are pretty confusing, because "sandpiper" is both a species name and the colloquial name for the Scolopacidae family of birds. There are dozens of Scolopacidae ...

There have been several recent sightings near the coast of the rare buff-breasted sandpiper, which is migrating from the Arctic to South America.Found primarily during migration season in the states, ...

No, I don’t, Sarah, I don’t know why that sandpiper was rocking back and forth and nobody else does either. The bird you saw is a Spotted Sandpiper and one of its most common behaviors is the ...

I’ve recently moved to Cape Cod and have been faithfully reading your weekly column. While I’ve enjoyed learning about hummingbirds and bluebirds, I would really like to know more about the beach ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...