Orders: CHARADRIFORMES
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Species photographed:
1. sanderling
2. western sandpiper
3. lesser yellowlegs
4. black-necked stilt
5. black-bellied plover
6. marbled godwit
7. Wilson's plover
8. semipalmented plover
9. least sandpiper
10. willet
11. ruddy turnstone
12. long-billed dowitcher
13. long-billed curlew
14. whimbrel
15. surfbird
16. killdeer
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marbled godwit, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2008. I
had to take pictures of this pair of godwits, standing on one leg.
Shorebirds are so fun to photograph because they are easy to
photograph, photogenic, and often doing interesting things.
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| killdeer, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, , 2008. Even
though keeled ears are common throughout the United States, not until
now have I been able to photograph one. |
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| Willets, Santa Barbara, California, 2008. |
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surfbirds, Santa Barbara, California, 2008.
These are bad photos because of the distance I was from the
birds, but at least I got a photo. These are the first surf birds I
have ever seen. Unfortunately I could not get very close to them
because I was on top of a cliff looking down at them. By the time
I walked down to the shore to where they were at, they had flown away.
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western sandpiper, Jobos National Estuary, Puerto
Rico
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black-necked
stilt (Himantopus
mexicanus), Cutler Wetlands, Homestead, FL, USA.
Cutler wetlands are no better than a water-filled dump, but
they do contain many good birds, especially during spring and fall
migration.
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| black-necked stilts (Himantopus
mexicanus
) Guanica National Forest,
Puerto Rico. |
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Black-bellied
plover (Pluvialis
squatarola), Bahia Honda, FL, USA
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semipalmated
plover (Charadrius
semipalmatus), Bahia Honda, Keys, FL, USA
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Wilson's plovers (Charadrius wilsonia)
and sanderlings (Calidris
alba), Crandon beach, Key Biscayne, Miami, FL, USA, 2007.
Wilson's plovers have heavy and long beak that is distictively different from those of other plovers.
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Wilson's plovers (Charadrius wilsonia)
and sanderlings (Calidris
alba), Crandon beach, Key Biscayne, Miami, FL, USA, 2007.
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semipalmated plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus), Crandon beach,
Key Biscayne, Miami, FL, USA, 2007.
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| sanderlings
(Calidris
alba), Crandon beach, Key Biscayne, Miami, FL, USA, 2007. |
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whimbrel, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2008.
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willet, Santa Barbara, CA, 2008. This is one of the few willets I have seen in breeding plummage.
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willet, Santa Barbara, CA, 2008. Watching this
willet tried to eat a sandcrab was so much fun. I thought it was
going to choke on several occasions. The willet tried to
swallow the sandcrab for probably two minutes. Finally, it was successful.
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Top: lesser yellowlegs
Middle: lesser yellowlegs and a bleck-bellied plover
Bottom: 4 lesser yellowlegs in background with 1 greater yellowlegs in
front
All these birds were seen in Guanica National Forest, Puerto Rico. |
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Willet
(Catoptropgorus semipalmatus), Bahia Falsa,
San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico
Bottom: Bahia
Honda, Florida Keys, USA |
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Sanderlings (Calidris
alba),
San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico
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Ruddy turnstone
(Arenaria interpres), Florida
Keys, FL, USA
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Dowitchers,
Florida Keys, FL, USA. I
do not know if these are short-billed or long-billed.
I never can tell the difference between them.
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Long-billed
curlew (Numenius
americanus), San Quintin, Baja California, MEX
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| marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa) and
few willets and long-billed dowitchers, Bahia Falsa, San Quintin, Baja
California, MEX |
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Lesser
yellowlegs (Tringa
flavipes), Shark Valley, Everglades, FL, USA
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| least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla). Top: Key West,
Florida Keys, USA. Bottom:
Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, USA |
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