Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Sanderling
Marshallese: "kwol"

The Sanderling was listed as an Uncommon Migrant by Clapp (1999). The photos below are from Christina Sylvester, who spotted a single individual mixed in with a group of Ruddy Turnstones in one of the water catchments on the airport runway at Roi-Namur Island in November, 2018.

With one of the Ruddy Turnstones.

Created 28 November 2018

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