The note of the sanderling is a soft ket, ket, ket, uttered singly or in series somewhat querulous in tone. |
There can be little doubt that the sanderling migrates by night. |
In its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling. |
And a bird identified earlier in the photo caption as a sanderling is actually a sandpiper. |
Birds such as the sanderling, white-fronted plover and many others are dependent on these creatures as well as being themselves dependent on the biome. |
The sanderling is a rather silent bird at all times and seems to have a comparatively limited vocabulary. |