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Long-billed Curlews – The Candlestick Birds

By Mia McPherson|March 29th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, Candlestick Birds, curlew, curlews, grasses, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, preening, probe, probing, sandpipers, shorebirds, sicklebird, spring|

I saw quite a few Long-billed Curlews yesterday wandering in the spring grasses and this time I was able to get nice images of them. Nicknames for Long-billed Curlews include "sicklebird" and "candlestick bird."

Shorebirds of Fort De Soto – Marbled Godwits

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bills, blur, coast, coastal, crustaceans, feeding, flight, flying, foraging, funny pose, Godwit, godwits, graceful, grasshoppers, Great Plains, Gulf of Mexico, insects, lagoon, landing, Limosa fedoa, low tide, Marbled Godwit, mixed flocks, mollusks, mudflats, one leg, plant tubers, preening, probe, resting, shorebirds, tundra, water|

Marbled Godwits are graceful birds while on the ground, feeding and in flight.

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