#dowitcher

[spinus-pinus]

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

12/10/2023 Riverside County, California

[northernpintail]

Dowitcher time

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

It's a rather long bill, if you ask me. I tend to accidentally poke others on public transportation.

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

North America, winters in South America

Status: Globally Vulnerable; Endangered/Threatened in Canada

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This bird was added to Canada's protected list this year—the western population as Endangered and the central/eastern population as Threatened.

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

dawn dowitcher

[meklarian]

Willet Dowitcher Sp. (thanks @bird-identifier) Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch Gilbert, Arizona, USA March, 2019

(more willets here, more shorebirds here)

[craftingcreatures]

On today's episode of "cool stuff I found while volunteering at the local museum": Charadriiformes!

Skull of a Laughing Gull!

Skull and tail of a Royal Tern!

I think this was a Short-Billed Dowitcher. Bonus closeup of the really cool texture of the rhamphotheca at the bill tip!

And, if memory serves, a Semipalmated Sandpiper!

[best-bird-tournament]

Dowitcher (Limnodromus)

[lunarlotuscove]

An adorable short billed dowitcher. I have fallen in love with these guys

Sunday April 21st 2024 2:13pm

[sugiichi]

Limnodromus scolopaceus [オオハシシギ,Long-billed Dowitcher]

並んで採餌😁

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Long-billed Dowitcher

Photo: Les Leighton

"Although the two dowitcher species are strikingly similar in appearance, they tend to segregate by habitat. The Long-billed prefers fresh water at all seasons; it is a common migrant through much of North America (but scarce in the northeast)."

- Audubon Field Guide

[spinus-pinus]

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

11/19/2023 San Joaquin Marsh, California

[northernpintail]

Dowitchers in the lagoon

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Sandpipers

A nice mix of Western Sandpiper, Dunlin and at least one Short-billed dowitcher.

By Tony Varela Photography

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

now kiss (˘ ³˘)♥

long-billed dowitchers

[fatchance]

Long-billed dowitcher / costurero pico largo (Limnodromus scolopaceus) at the Glendale Recharge Ponds.

Distinguishing long- and short-billed dowitchers always confounds me, but I'm going with long-billed. All of the birds I saw were rather stocky and rotund.

[blogbirdfeather]

Long-billed Dowitcher - Maçarico-de-bico-comprido (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (10/10/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F6,3; 400 ISO]