tags: Eastern Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Eastern Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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tags: Western Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Western Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
The bird on the left is in alternate (breeding) plumage while the bird resting on the
right is in basic (winter) plumage.…
tags: Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
tags: identify this bird, shorebird, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Mystery shorebird, Avium mysteriosus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 25 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
tags: Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 15 July 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
As long as you're on the topic of the Eastern Willet, can you also post a picture of its very close cousin, the Eastern Wontit? They're so similar that you can hear people repeatedly saying Willet or Wontit...?
Ian - Grrlscientist may not have a photo of an Eastern Wontit, but I have just put one up.
And don't forget the pelicant, or maybe knot.