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A surfbird (Calidris virgata) feeding on barnacles in Vancouvar Island, BC, Canada
by Tim Melling
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A surfbird (Calidris virgata) feeding on barnacles in Vancouvar Island, BC, Canada
by Tim Melling
I use Sibley’s “Birds of land, sea, and sky” watercolor postcards for greeting cards and it makes for a fun mini-game for me choosing a different bird species for certain people and occasions.
I am particularly delighted by how perfect this selection is- a baby surfbird as my congratulations card at a surfing themed baby shower!
Surfbird (Calidris virgata) alongside the visually similar Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
Surfbird (via USFWS - Pacific Region)
Photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Surfbird (Calidris virgata)
Santa Barbara Harbor, 2019-04-24
Daily Bird: Surfbird
Range: summers, Alaska; winters, Pacific coast
More information: here
Photo: https : // www . allaboutbirds . org/guide/Surfbird/media-browser/64813501
Surfbird (Calidris virgata) - photo by mattag2002
Black-Bellied Plover, Surfbirds, Black Turnstone, Ruddy Turnstone, Coyote Point Harbor, San Mateo, California, USA, December 2011
photograph by Jason Crotty | Wikimedia