Shore Birds
September 29th, 2011
Hobe Sound, FL - Shorebirds, are small to medium size waders characterized by slender, probing bills and longish legs. They include the sandpipers, plovers,snipes, curlews, lapwings, godwits, ruffs, dowitchers, oursers and stilts. They are not simply birds found at the shore, but are the families of plovers, sandpipers and related forms that are part of the order Charadriiformes. They are a fascinating subject to watch and photograph.
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