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American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), mother with chicks, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Washington DC, USA
photograph by Andrew Tao
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American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), mother with chicks, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Washington DC, USA
photograph by Andrew Tao
They're baaaack. (Woodcocks in Maine)
ruddy turnstone (arenaria interpres), ireland
Sanderling (Calidris alba). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.
South Padre Island, Texas, USA. April 2021.
Closer look at the common snipe X
A surfbird (Calidris virgata) feeding on barnacles in Vancouvar Island, BC, Canada
by Tim Melling
Sandpiper (Scolopacidae) family - round 1, section 1
Which is the best bird?
American woodcock
Ruff
Jack snipe
Upland sandpiper
Asian dowitcher
Marbled godwit
Long-billed curlew
Bar-tailed godwit
Ruddy turnstone
Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Need a spoon? Just ask the spoon-billed sandpiper! Unlike most other sandpipers, which have long, thin beaks, spoon-billed sandpipers have a bill that flares at the end just like a spoon. The unique shape helps the bird filter through mud and sediment to find food in the coastal marshes where it lives.
(Image: A spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) by Lefei Han)