Red Knot
(Calidris canutus)
Top picture was photographed by Don Johnson in Washington and the bottom picture was photographed in Florida, by Jim Rosso
In the top picture the Red Knot is in spring plumage and sitting with smaller Dunlin who are also in spring plumage. In the bottom picture it is in winter plumage

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Other members of the genus Calidris:
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper