Greek-Roman Pendiment

Pond, Marsh, Shore & Sea Birds

Whimbrels foraging near shore.

 Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus 

 

Spotted sandpipers foraging among rocks in the shallows.

 Spotted Sandpipers Actitis macularius, 

 

Least sandpipers wading for food.

 Least Sandpipers, Calidris minutilla 

 

Stilt sandpiper standing on one leg in the sandy shore

 Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus

 

Dunlin standing on a rock on a sandy shore

Dunlin, Calidris alpina

 

Short-billed dowitcher on a sandy shore

Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus

 

Red know on a sandy shore

Red Knot, Calidris canutus

 

Long-billed curlew on a rocky river shore

Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus

 

Eskimo curlew on dunes above water

Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis

 

Greater yellowlegs foraging in the shallows among reeds.

 Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca 

 

Lesser yellowlegs preening itself on a sandy wetland shore, a kingfisher perched in the distance

Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes

 

Pectoral sandpiper perched on a rocky shore

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos

 

Purple sandpiper on a large shore rock

Purple Sandpiper, Calidris maritima

 

Dunlin on a rock in winter plumage, less the dark colored breast.

Dunlin, Calidris alpina.
winter plumage

 

Wilson's phalaropes wading for crustaceans.

 Wilson’s Phalaropes, Phalaropus tricolor 

 

Red phalaropes in water

 Red Phalaropes, Phalaropus fulicarius

 

Snipe walking along a sandy shore.

 Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago 

 

Willet wading in shallow water and another flying in the background

 Willet, Tringa semipalmata 

 

Baird's sandpiper on a shore rock

Baird’s Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii

 

Least sandpiper perched on one leg at water's edge

Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla

 

Buff-breasted sandpiper preening its wing on a rocky shore

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis

 

Plovers wading in shallow water.

 Black-bellied Plovers, Pluvialis squatarola 

 

Marbled godwit standing on one leg in shallow water near shore.

 Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa 

 

Hudsonian godwit foraging in rocky shallows

Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica

 

Semipalmated sandpipers foraging at water's edge

Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla

 

White-rumped sandpiper on a large rock scanning the shore

White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis

 

Killdeer standing near sand dunes.

 Killdeer, Limosa fedoa 

 

Sanderling foraging in sand among rocks

Sanderling, Calidris alba

 

Bonaparte's gull standing on a rock off shore.

 Bonaparte’s Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia 

 

Herring gulls standing on the wet beach.

 American Herring Gulls, Larus smithsonianus 

 

Bonaparte's and Franklin's gulls together near the water.

 Franklin’s and Bonaparte’s Guls, Leucophaeus pipixcan 

 

Solitary gull near the water.

 Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens 

 

Forster's terns resting on a beach.

 Forster’s Tern, Sterna forsteri