What are these shorebirds?

RxRick

RxRick Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins

January 10, 2010 edited January 11, 2010 in Wildlife

-They look like Plovers but slightly larger. Taken in SoCal.

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jwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins

January 10, 2010 edited January 10, 2010

try a juv snowy plover

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RxRick Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins

January 11, 2010 edited January 11, 2010

Turns out they're Sanderlings. Very similar to Plovers but Sanderlings eat crustaceans (sand crabs, etc.). Plovers eat bugs (kelp flies, mostly).

Took me forever to figure this out...

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