Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), Near the Island STP Lake Havasu City, Mohave County

This Buff-breasted Sandpiper was discovered by Lauren Harter and photographed by David Vander Pluym and John West on 03 October 2011.

There are five previous records for Arizona. 

Note the unmarked buffy breast, long yellow legs, scaly upperparts.

03 October 2011, photo by David Vander Pluym

03 October 2011, photo by John West

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