A great looking plover

Spotted Sandpiper hunting invertebrates along the shoreline of Tomales Bay

The no-spots, Spotted Sandpiper hunting invertebrates. Should be molting into breeding plumage (=spots) soon. Marshall, CA #shorebirds #birds

Side blotched - “…distinguished by a dark blotch behind each front leg…”

Female Anna's Hummingbird sitting on a nest made of lichen and spider webs

I have been looking for this Anna's Hummingbird nest for the past week. I finally found it less than a meter off of the path I walk almost every day. Marshall, CA #birds

flying flock of Hudsonian Whimbrel over the surfline.

Shorebird migration is on here along the central California coast. A flock of Hudsonian Whimbrel making the move. #birds #shorebirds

Great Egret in the process of catching a stickleback while plunging its head in the water..

The strike - Great Egret in the process of catching a stickleback. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

female Anna's Hummngbird perched on a stick

She just froze and stared at me. A female Anna's Hummingbird that I suspect has a nearby nest. Marshall, CA #birds

Wow!

Male Snowy Plover roosting in the sand

Snowy Plover trying to look like a Wrybill. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Annual survival of waders versus adult body mass, migration distance and year of study

New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....

Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year? Chasing an endless summer, one shorebird species undertakes a grueling annual journey from the Arctic to the tip of South America and back -- a feat increasingly fraught with peril.

As #CMSCOP15 starts today, AFP highlights the Hudsonian godwit, one of the world’s most extraordinary migratory birds which has declined 95% in just four decades, showing why international action matters now more than ever.

In English: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

En français : f24.my/Bog9

Horned Lark in the setting sun

Horned Lark in the setting sun. Tomales, CA #birds

white-crowned sparrow with feathers blown out by wind

A floofed out White-crowned Sparrow in Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #birds

Roosting Western Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper that is just beginning to molt into its breeding plumage. The count down begins. Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #shorebirds #birds

Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022 Shorebirds typically spend more time fueling and refueling during migration than they spend in actual flight, and consequently their stopover ecology has important implications for fitness and conser...

Thank you co-authors! Happy to have this one out.

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Nice!
Previous BTO longevity record for Curlew was 32 years 7 months, set in 2011.
Blog with longevity records for other waders:
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Osprey with a fish

Half a smelt is better than no smelt. Our local Osprey brought his/her half eaten fish to the nest tree. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds

Displaying wild turkeys

Strutting toms and unimpressed females. Wild turkeys at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA. #birds

What a great picture!

Breeding shorebird surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, suggest population declines over two decades for most species Abstract. Shorebird populations are declining globally but it generally remains unclear how those declines translate to changes at the regional scale. We c

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As a caribou herd crashed, wildlife managers turned to killing predators - High Country News Alaska officials hope to protect a struggling caribou herd & bring back a critical subsistence hunt. Critics say the culling program isn't supported by available science.

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Spotted Towhee sitting on a bush

The Spotted Towhees are singing away at the Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

Male Anna's Hummingbird

Defending his territory - male Anna's Hummingbird at Cypress Grove, Tomales Bay, CA #birds

Thank you Minnesota

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Merlin is getting better and better but still makes mistakes!

Great picture!

Lovely picture. Marbled godwits have cinnamon orange underwings while Hudsonian godwits have black underwings like the birds you took the picture of. Where did you take the picture?

Western sandpiper on beach

Western Sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Last chance to apply for this PhD opportunity ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD

Closing date: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology