Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bartramia_longicauda" title="Bartramia longicauda">Bartramia longicauda</a></i> takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie has to offer. A regular seasonal resident to this refuge in north-central Kansas, the Upland Sandpiper will perch on fenceposts. After flying to the perch, it will hold its wings briefly above its body in a motion that looks like a stretch. Credit: Tony Ifland / USFWS.
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