Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Turning turnstone


Not spending as much time at the coast these days, I miss seeing and hearing shorebirds migrating northward. Here's a Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) turning blades of seaweed to look for invertebrates, and molting into breeding plumage (note the strongly contrasting feathers on the face and chest).

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