Pluvialis squatarola
Black-bellied Plovers are the largest plover in North America. The have long legs, short necks and bills and large round heads. Their body plumage is mostly gray and black on the backs.
Title: Preening Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/30/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover at low tide in the mudflats
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/30/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover on the edge of a tidal pool
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/30/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover wading in shallow water
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/3/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover pano
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/3/2008
Title: Calling Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/1/2008
Title: Tubeworm and a Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/1/2008
Title: A Black-bellied Plover with a tubeworm
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/1/2008
Title: Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover fluffing up
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/2/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover in fog
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/16/2008
Title: Foggy Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/16/2008
Title: A Black-bellied Plover at the wrack line
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/10/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover feeding in tidal mud
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/6/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover near a spartina marsh
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/6/2008
Title: The Gulf and a Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/25/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover foraging next to the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/25/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover on Gulf shoreline
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/25/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover on the Gulf shore
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/23/2008
Title: Adult Black-bellied Plover close up
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/23/2008
Title: Side lit Black-bellied Plover
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/11/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover at dawn
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover close up
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover wading in a tidal lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008
Title: Early morning Black-bellied Plover on the mud flats
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008
Title: A pair of Black-bellied Plovers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008
Title: Black-bellied Plover on the hunt
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/4/2008