Hello, welcome to the first wild suzhou of 2021, today i’m talking about the Western Sandpiper. The western sandpiper is a bird that you would see a lot if you went to the West coast beaches. Most of the time it lives in California or other places along the coast, even going into south america, but it will fly to Alaska in spring or summer to mate. They spend their winters in the lower half of North America. 
Since most of the year is spent migrating the long distance, they like to stop on the beaches to eat and rest. These birds will eat insects, crustaceans, mollusks and lots of other stuff they can find on the beaches like mussels and clams. If you see them on a beach and they’re all together waiting for the water to go back, this is their way of catching food. They wait for the water to wash food onto the shore, then use their beaks to peck it up nd run away from the water.
While the birds are in alaska their predators are big carnivores like red foxes. While they are along the coast, they have to be careful for bigger seabirds who are looking to eat their eggs and babies. The westerm sandpiper is a very small bird, they only weigh a few ounces. The have a white belly, and brown wings and back, with lots of dark spots and patterns, Their feet are slightly webbed which might help them walk along the wet sand easier. The average lifespan for a sandpiper is about 6-9 years .