Baird's Sandpiper
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This Baird's Sandpiper carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The long, primary tip projection beyond the tertials and tail on the standing Baird's Sandpiper give this bird a horizontal profile. The bird is buff-brown above and across the breast and the pale fringing on the juvenile's back gives it a scaly appearance. The species can best be distinguished from the White-rumped Sandpiper by more buffy-brown color and uniform plumage and in flight by the dark rump. The Baird's Sandpiper can be distinguished from the Least Sandpiper species by its much larger size, longer and straighter bill, and primary projection. The call is a low, raspy kreep, similar to the call of the Pectoral Sandpiper, but less rich. Fairly commonly found on upper beaches and inland on lakeshores, wet fields and beaches.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 184
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