#chardriiformes

[herpsandbirds]

Hi! I just wanted to say that your blog is incredible and brings me joy every day. I love learning about new creatures from all over the world! Following along and seeing the incredible diversity of critters has also helped me to appreciate insects and reptiles in new ways. Thanks for all of your hard work!

You are welcome and thank so much :3 Here is a special friend for you!!!

Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia), chick, family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, Coastal NC, USA

photograph by Gary Michael Flanagan

[herpsandbirds]

Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, Alaska

photographs by john l crawley - BIRDS (@jc_wings)

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Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), family Jacanidae, order Chardriiformes, in aquatic areas across much of South America

photograph by Ozan Kilic

[herpsandbirds]

I worked with piping plovers back in college. I frequently heard them pipe, but never saw any of them plove.

GET PLOVED PENDEJO!!!

I spent a summer on the beach in Sag Harbor, NY, USA (The Hamptons) monitoring nests, and we only had one nest that season. They ended up putting me on Roseate Tern and Osprey monitoring as well. Bird watching on the beach is a pretty awesome summer job tbh.

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada 

photograph by Mdf

Chick on the beach, Queens, New York City, USA

photograph by Rhododendrites

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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) mating, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, The Netherlands

photograph by Peter Dirksen

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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), female, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Chicago, IL, USA

Female phalaropes are more colorful than males, and the females court the males. The drably colored males tend the eggs and nest, after the female lays them.

photograph by Tony Dvorak Cornell Lab of Ornithology