Bufflehead at Quicksand Pond, November 5, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Spotted Sandpiper in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

American Golden-Plover in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Long-billed Dowitcher in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Baird's Sandpiper in Little Compton, September 15, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black-bellied Plover in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Ruddy Turnstone in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black-bellied Plover grabbing a quick nap in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Ruddy Turnstone in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis

Ruddy Turnstone foraging in an atypical habitat of Pokeweed. Photo by Geoff Dennis.