Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Purple Sandpipers winter farther north in eastern North America than other shorebirds. The Purple Sandpiper is the last sandpiper to migrate in the fall and is known to be cold hardy, wintering north to Newfoundland and farther. These two Purples in Toronto are aged as first winter by contrasting white fringes on wing coverts and tertials. Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 October 2020.
Purple Sandpipers winter farther north in eastern North America than other shorebirds. The Purple Sandpiper is the last sandpiper to migrate in the fall and is known to be cold hardy, wintering north to Newfoundland and farther. These two Purples in Toronto are aged as first winter by contrasting white fringes on wing coverts and tertials. Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 October 2020.
