Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima

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Purple Sandpiperadult post breeding, close-up portrait, feeding habits, Behaviour
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The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Scolopacidae
Species : Purple Sandpiper


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : mafa154623
Author :
Plumage : adult, post breeding

Shooting

date : 2014 Feb
Country : Netherlands (nl)
Region : Provincie Zuid-Holland
Place : Brouwersdam Brouwersdam
Lat. : 51° 46' 42'' North
Lng. : 3° 52' 42'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3
Exposure : 1/1600 s
aperture : 5
Focal length : 550 mm
Iso : 400
Flash : no