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calidris alpina

  1. Dunlin

    Dunlin

  2. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    Hmmm. The thumbnail isn't showing here. But the shot is reduced to under the limit, so I'll give this a go and hope it shows up in the gallery. I don't often get to see Dunlin in full summer plumage. I've seen them in winter plumage at San Francisco Bay and in transitional plumages migrating...
  3. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    Even though the belly patch might actually be mud, I still feel this is a Dunlin.
  4. Dunlins

    Dunlins

  5. Dunlins

    Dunlins

  6. Dunlins

    Dunlins

  7. Dunlin

    Dunlin

  8. Autumn - waders waiting

    Autumn - waders waiting

    Two waders were a bit late on their southward migration. I caught them waiting out the high tide, and perhaps also waiting for favorable winds. They seemed to be sheltering together for shared comfort and safety, but that rock was one of the few still above water just then, so perhaps their...
  9. Left a little card on the Hardhead

    Left a little card on the Hardhead

    Dunlin
  10. dunlin and ringed plover

    dunlin and ringed plover

  11. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    Ørin is one of the county's hottest hot spots for waders on Spring and Fall migrations. At low tide the birds are on the mudflats along the river. When the tide comes in, they move to some shallow pools on the other side of the headland. The headland is pretty much all mud, much of it left from...
  12. dunlin

    dunlin

  13. Dunlin

    Dunlin

  14. dunlin

    dunlin

  15. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    At Huntington Beach State Park, SC
  16. Dunlin

    Dunlin

  17. curlew sandpipers

    curlew sandpipers

    with a few dunlins and a Sandwich tern
  18. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    These Dunlin are in full breeding plumage. Dunlin migrating through Ohio are "C. a. hudsonia" characterized by breast streaking connecting to the black belly-patch, without intervening white. They breed in arctic Canada.
  19. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    This breeding plumage Dunlin (Calidris alpina) is flanked by Western Sandpipers. The North American populations used to go by the name "Red-backed Sandpiper." Dunlin is one of the most common wintering shorebirds in San Francisco Bay with about 85,000 individuals. Dunlin migrating and wintering...
  20. My ballet pose.....Dunlin

    My ballet pose.....Dunlin

  21. Dunlin Trifecta

    Dunlin Trifecta

    Within a small flock including Black Turnstone and Sanderling on the beach facing Semiahmoo Bay and Strait of Georgia.
  22. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    Dunlin is one of the most common wintering shorebirds in San Francisco Bay with about 85,000 individuals, second only to the Western Sandpiper. These are in winter plumage. Notice the brown bib as well as the rather long bill with a distinct droop at the tip. The three birds on the right are...
  23. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    This is a common winter visitor to California where it is found along the shore as well as inland. A close look shows the flexibility of the bill tip in some shorebirds, a feature called "distal rhynchokinesis." The jaw muscles contract opening up the bill tip. This is presumably the western...
  24. Dunlins

    Dunlins

    Juvenile dunlins and their reflections
  25. Washed out.  Dunlin

    Washed out. Dunlin

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