Photo: A tiny shore bird, back from South America

A white-rumped sandpiper tries to lure a photographer away from her nest July 17 near the gravel pit in Cambridge Bay. This small shore bird has one of the longest migration routes of any American bird. It breeds in the Arctic then winters at the southern tip of South America, with some birds going even further, says audubon.org, to islands near the Antarctic Peninsula. The entire trip takes about a month to complete. (PHOTO BY DENISE LEBLEU IMAGES)