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Shorebirds { 40 images } Created 11 Sep 2009

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  • WilletMispillionFeeding2.tif
  • WilletMispillionFeeding1.tif
  • Two ruddy turnstones fighting over feeding territory with a Sanderling feeding in the background.
    RuddyTurnstonesFighting.tif
  • SanderlingPredatorScanning1.tif
  • SanderlingRunningBeach.tif
  • SanderlingPredatorScanning.tif
  • AmericanOystercatcherMudflat1.tif
  • SanderlingResting1.tif
  • SanderlingResting2.tif
  • RuddyTurnstoneFeeding.tif
  • KilldeerPortrait1.tif
  • KilldeerPortrait2.tif
  • SanderlingsEscapingTheSurf.tif
  • A purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in nonbreeding plumage rests  among a flock on the rock jetty next to the Ocean City Inlet, Ocean City, Maryland.  Purple sandpipers are named for the purple gloss seen on the back feathers only at close range and have the northernmost winter range of any of the sandpipers.
    OceanCityInletJettyPurpleSandpiper1.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) eats a horseshoe crab egg as it forages along with semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinEatingCrabEgg.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion1.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion2.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion3.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) shakes out its plumage after bathing in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperBathing.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) shakes out its plumage after bathing in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware. Black and white image.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperBathingBW.tif
  • A short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) pauses while foraging on horseshoe crab eggs, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    ShortBilledDowitcher.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) and semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) forage together for horseshoe crab eggs on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinSemipalmatedForaging.tif
  • Two semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) forage in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpipersForaging.tif
  • A pair of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) sitting on decaying old dock structures are partially silhoutted against the sunrise; with a crab boat on the horizon, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise3.tif
  • A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) sitting on decaying old dock structures are partially silhoutted against the sunrise, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise2.tif
  • An individual ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sitting on a decaying old dock structure is partially silhoutted against the sunrise, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise1.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) preens amongst a group of feeding and resting sandpipers, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperPreening.tif
  • A flock of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs take flight in response to an aerial predator, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpipersTakingFlight.tif
  • Each year hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive in the Delaware Bay to feed on the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs.  This semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) was part of a flock of sandpipers feeding on eggs at the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Kitts Hummock, Delaware. A spawning crab is visible in the background.
    SemipalmatedForagingLogan1.tif
  • Each year hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive in the Delaware Bay to feed on the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs.  This semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) was part of a flock of sandpipers feeding on eggs at the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Kitts Hummock, Delaware. A spawning crab is visible in the background. Black and white image.
    SemipalmatedForagingLogan1BW.tif
  • A least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) forages for horseshoe crab eggs near a semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Port Mahon, Delaware.
    LeastSandpiperForaging1.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) forages for horseshoe crab eggs along with semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinSemipalmated1.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) chirps a vocal warning at another sandpiper that has come too close to its perch, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperWarning.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) perches on a rock, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperRocks.tif
  • A pair of sanderlings (Caladris alba) feed in the surf just after sunrise, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueFeedingSanderlings.tif
  • A sanderling (Caladris alba) feeds in the surf just after sunrise, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueFeedingSanderling.tif
  • A pair of sanderlings (Caladris alba) stand in the surf just after sunrise, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueSanderlingsSurf1.tif
  • A pair of sanderlings (Caladris alba) stand in the surf just after sunrise, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueSanderlingsSurf2.tif
  • A sanderling (Caladris alba) stands fluffed out after preening and shaking its feathers, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueSanderlingFluffed.tif
  • A sanderling (Caladris alba) is reflected in the receeding surf, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueSanderlingReflection.tif