Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Breeding Season

Spoon-billed Sandpipers arrive in late May and early June on nesting grounds still gripped in ice and snow. Over the course of about two months, as the landscape transforms from white to brown to green, they court, nest and raise their young. This video portrait features the sites and sounds of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and the land it inhabits through the brief summer season -- from arrival to the hatching of chicks.

Filmed by Gerrit Vyn during June and July, 2011 near Meinypilgyno, Chukotka, Russia.

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  Pets & Animals

[Bob Thompson]

Can you advise what camera and lenses were used. Beautiful video

[Pradeep Tomar]

Thank you very much for sharing such rare moments. Lucky to witness this video.

[Denise Brownlie]

This video alone would be reward enough for every donation we could give to the Cornell Lab. of Ornithology. How fortunate we are to live in the internet age, to be able to watch these beautiful Spoon-billed Sandpipers, and to hear their unforgettable calls.

[Mary Ellen Ryall]

Loved seeing the Spoon-billed Sandpiper's baby chicks. Rare footage. Thoughtful educator. 

[David BENOIT]

Thanks for sharing this. I really hope these beauties won't disappear !

[DocUnsane]

i like ducks

[Michaeleen Boudeman]

This is something I would not other wise get to see. What a thing of beauty to see ! Iam incerely thanful that this site is avaliable.

[Joan Miller]

Thank you so much for this! Just incredible!!!

[MaryEllen Gibb]

Wondrous and peaceful, thank you so much.

[chipperzoom]

Very well done. Thank you so very much for your time and hard work. I love it.