Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flock of Sanderlings

Flock of sanderlings

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2011 at 22:04:02 (UTC)

Original - The Sanderling ,Calidris alba is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.

Reason: high quality, adds value to the article
Articles in which this image appears: Sanderling
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Mbz1

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 22:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful image, nicely shows the behavior of a group of the birds, nice quality. Jujutacular ^talk 15:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Jujutacular -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 18:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What's the lowest white/black spot in the water (4 o'clock)? Nergaal (talk) 22:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- To me it looks like a reflection of a bird that caught the water at just the right angle. Jujutacular ^talk 23:50, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - It could be a piece of Sand dollar.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support My only experience with Sanderlings has been a mixed flock with Great Knot, but I'd assume this is normal. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:00, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Halos around the birds; looks a bit artificial for some reason. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:11, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Muhammad(talk) 13:59, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Calidris alba at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California - 20101116.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]