When a significant proportion of the world population of shore plovers made a rare appearance on a mainland beach, I went to see them. I took a few photos too.
Tag: waders
On an evening visit to Miranda I was rewarded by a flock of royal spoonbills that landed near where I was watching shorebirds. I was able to make many photos of the spoonbills feeding on crabs and gleaning invertebrates from mangrove leaves in warm evening light.
A couple of days ago I saw my first sanderling (Calidris alba) and I’ve now added a new album of sanderling photos to my gallery.
I’ve recently added photos of two new species —semipalmated plover and eastern curlew — to my photo library and this site, as well as some beautiful new photos of old favorites — wrybill and sharp-tailed sandpiper.