Little Stint (Lesbos #15) by GiMi53

Photography • Animals • posted on Oct 04, 2011

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Description

The Little Stint, Calidris minuta (or Erolia minuta), is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. Le Bécasseau minute (Calidris minuta) est une petite espèce de limicole appartenant à la famille des Scolopacidae et à la sous-famille des Calidridinae. Son nom fait allusion à sa petite taille. Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload:

" υδραγωγείο (Lesbos #14)"

Comments (15)

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MagikUnicorn

1:17PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

Mignon :)

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danob

2:20PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

Wonderful work Michel what a great series..

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Feliciti

2:39PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

so lovely this bird !!beautiful captured in sunshine!!

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PatGoltz

3:01PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

Excellent photo! These shorebirds are very similar to each other and hard to identify. Good photos like this help a lot.

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jayfar

3:15PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

A beautiful capture Michel.

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MrsRatbag

8:50PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

Sweet shot, what great detail!

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Lashia

9:46PM | Tue, 04 October 2011

cute shot, I love the aray of textures in this one. Beautiful sand, water and little model- thanks for sharing! :) And have you checked out the Photography Story Challenge? Go continue the story!

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