Banded Buff-breasted Sandpiper chick at Point Storkersen, Alaska
![Biologist holding Buff-breasted Sandpiper chick. Chick's right leg (one red color ban), left leg (red top and white band)](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/photoRoll28_Buff-breasedSandpiperChick_Storkersen_07251978.jpg?itok=TXCFVxyq)
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