Sandpiper No. 1A sandpiper preening in the shallow water on the beach. These little Sandpipers showed up on our beach on a quiet spring morning, making a quick stop on their way from South America to Canada. Their annual migration is truly amazing: researchers have found that they sometimes fly this route nonstop for six days that's around 3,000 miles! They only stayed on our beach for a couple of days, but I spent a lot of time with them, trying to capture both