Shore birds of the Chaplin Lake

Upland Sandpiper

Pale in colour, the Upland Sandpiper is more easily identified by its unique body characteristics - a slender neck that supports a small head with large eyes and short, straight bill. When alighting, it extends its wings straight up for a single moment before relaxing. Stiff, rapid wing beats identify this bird in flight.

The Upland Sandpiper arrives at Chaplin Lake in mid-May and nests in pastures and wetland fringes surrounding the lake. It breeds throughout most of southern Saskatchewan with the exception of the north eastern area and winters in southeastern South America.

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