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Shore birds that I have come across living in Florida for the majority of my life.
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  • Purple Sandpiper

    Purple Sandpiper

  • Willet

    Willet

  • Willet

    Willet

  • Willet

    Willet

  • Willet

    Willet

  • Untitled photo
  • Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

  • Least Tern with Fish

    Least Tern with Fish

  • Avocets

    Avocets

  • Least Tern

    Least Tern

  • Least Tern

    Least Tern

  • Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer

  • Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

  • Long-Billed Curlew

    Long-Billed Curlew

  • Untitled photo
  • Pied Lapwing(plover)

    Pied Lapwing(plover)

  • Least Terns

    Least Terns

  • Rudy Turnstone

    Rudy Turnstone

  • Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer

  • Least Terns Feeding

    Least Terns Feeding

  • Least Terns

    Least Terns

  • Least Terns

    Least Terns

  • Least Terns Feeding

    Least Terns Feeding

  • Least Tern Feeding Juvenile

    Least Tern Feeding Juvenile

  • Least Terns

    Least Terns

  • Least Terns Feeding Behavior

    Least Terns Feeding Behavior

  • Least Tern Feeding Young

    Least Tern Feeding Young

  • Untitled photo
  • Untitled photo
  • Least Tern

    Least Tern

  • Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit, Photo captured at Fort De Soto State Park

  • Long-Billed Curlew

    Long-Billed Curlew

    Long-billed Curlew, Photo captured at Fort De Soto State Park

  • Long-billed Curlew,  Photo captured at Fort De Soto State Park

    Long-billed Curlew, Photo captured at Fort De Soto State Park

  • Long-Billed Curlew

    Long-Billed Curlew

  • Plovers

    Plovers

    Plovers, Fort De Soto State Park

  • Least Tern Feeding

    Least Tern Feeding

  • Untitled photo
  • Ruddy Turnstone

    Ruddy Turnstone

    Ruddy Turnstone, Photo captured in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

  • Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer, photograph captured at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

  • Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer

    Black Skimmer Captured in Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

  • American Avocet

    American Avocet

    Avocet

  • American Avocet

    American Avocet

    Avocet

  • Sanderlings feeding on a Island in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
The Sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g. The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch. This is the source of the specific name, alba, which is the Latin for "white". Later in the summer, the face and throat become brick-red. The juvenile bird is spangled black and white, and shows much more contrast than the adult. Sanderling behavior is distinctive, but visually, if the size is misjudged, a breeding plumage sanderling can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a winter plumage sanderling can be mistaken for a Dunlin or Red Knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe.

    Sanderlings feeding on a Island in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The Sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g. The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch. This is the source of the specific name, alba, which is the Latin for "white". Later in the summer, the face and throat become brick-red. The juvenile bird is spangled black and white, and shows much more contrast than the adult. Sanderling behavior is distinctive, but visually, if the size is misjudged, a breeding plumage sanderling can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a winter plumage sanderling can be mistaken for a Dunlin or Red Knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe.

  • Black Skimmer Thousand Island's of Cocoa Beach

    Black Skimmer Thousand Island's of Cocoa Beach

  • Black Skimmer Thousand Island's of Cocoa Beach

    Black Skimmer Thousand Island's of Cocoa Beach

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    Least Terns
    Least Terns Feeding