Shorebirds in pictures

Sat watching the rain running down the window panes, heavy blatter by the Rain Gods scale (see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy triology, book four I think), I started to look through my shorebird photos from Nova Scotia, all taken in 2015. I do this from time to time so that I can make a mental note of what I’d like to have a better photo of, a mental note that I then lose along with shopping instructions and turning off the heater in the bathroom after a shower.

After perusal, I thought to stick them here, and why not, when those virtually unbirdable wet days come along we have to amuse ourselves somehow. Then, I thought, why not expand it to include all the shorebirds you’ve seen and photographed in North America, so I did and here it is. This post is obviously more for those who just like to enjoy photos and I know I don’t cater enough for that audience these, not everyone wants tertials, gonydeal expansion and cloca pecking.

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black Oystercatcher

Northern Lapwing – didn’t say they were all good photos!

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Snowy Plover

Wilson’s Plover

Semipalmated Plover

 

Piping Plover

Killdeer

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Wandering Tattler

Greater Yellowlegs – Lesser Yellowlegs. Two for one

Willet

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Black Turnstone

Red Knot

Surfbird

Ruff

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Baird’s Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson’s Snipe

American Woodcock

Wilson’s Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red Phalarope

So, there we are, lots of nice, well mostly nice photos. I might do gulls next!