Banded Buff-breasted Sandpiper chick at Point Storkersen, Alaska

By Alaska Science Center July 25, 1978

Biologist holding Buff-breasted Sandpiper chick. Chick's right leg (one red color ban), left leg (red top and white band)

Detailed Description

Banded Buff-breasted Sandpiper chick at Point Storkersen on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska. This was one of many study site locations of waterbird-oriented ecosystem studies in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska from 1974-1992.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

U.S. Geological Survey