Rock Sandpiper Chick Picture Aleutian Islands Alaska

A soft, downy chick belonging to the Rock Sandpiper species, sits in his soft nest in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA.

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A small, colorful shorebird chick, known as a Rock Sandpiper, sits alone in the greenery in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA. The female Rock Sandpiper will lay about 4 eggs which take about 4 weeks before they hatch and the chick emerges.

Each chick is born in an advanced stage where they quickly walk, feed and hide, taking only a few days to learn how to keep themselves warm overnight.

The female will leave the chick before the male does, as he is the parent who watches over the chicks while teaching them a few tricks about defense. After reaching about 23 days old, the Rock Sandpiper chick will have wings large enough to take flight.

The Rock Sandpiper birds breed on the Arctic Pacific Coast of Alaska, on the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands and in Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands. The adult Rock Sandpiper birds are paired together for several years where they build nests on the ground on elevated rocks or in a damp location lower down with a base of leaves, lichens, sedges and mosses, all lined with fine plant materials.

Rock Sandpiper (Calidris p. ptilocnemis) chick. Coastal bird in Arctic, Southwest, Aleutians, and Bering Sea Alaska.




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Photo Title: Rock Sandpiper Chick Picture Aleutian Islands Alaska

A soft, downy chick belonging to the Rock Sandpiper species, sits in his soft nest in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA.

Scientific Name:

Calidris Ptilocnemis

Photographer:

Nikolai Konyukhov / Accent Alaska

Photo - ID:

063_076 - Rock Sandpiper Chick Picture Aleutian Islands Alaska



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