A Long-billed Dowitcher, a first for me, catches a tasty worm in the shallows of a pond in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington state. The bird is a chunky, with brown and white feathers, greenish-yellow legs and a long bill. It's wading in a few inches of water at the pond's edge, one leg lifted up as it walks forward, right-to-left across the frame. A large worm dangles from its bill. After a brief wash off, it will be a fine mid-morning meal. Small clumps of mud and vegetation around the bird break up the still surface of the water.

A Long-billed Dowitcher, a first for me, catches a tasty worm in the shallows of a pond in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington state.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #WadingBird #PNW #wildlifePhotography #Birds #LongBilledDowitcher

In still water dotted with algae and piles of mud there are two brown birds with long yellow legs. They are side-by-side with their long tubular beaks in the water.

My offering for #WaderWednesday is this pair of #LongBilledDowitcher friends doing what they do. Which is wading. (And snacking.) #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

A Long-billed Dowitcher looking towards the camera, with its undulating reflection cast on the water below.

Long-billed Dowitcher.

#birds #birding #longbilleddowitcher #limnodromusscolopaceus 🪶

On Devon's, Exe Estuary this lunchtime, the wintering #LongBilledDowitcher showed incredibly well at Turf Lock. #DevonBirds #DevonBirding #UKBirding #birds

Been practicing following birds in flight and got this flock of, I think, Long-billed Dowitchers.

#longbilleddowitcher #birdsinflight #birding #cosumnesriverpreserve #shorebirds

Long Billed Dowitcher

Long Billed Dowitcher walking on ice

Still feels surreal that I can just pop over to #Holkham when I want The #LongBilledDowitcher showed well this afternoon, occasionally walking on ice #NorfolkBirding #UKBirding

It was so good to be out in the sunshine today☀️in what seems like first time for ages. NorthNorfolk coast … 4 VelvetScoter, 8 #Shorelark, 10 #BewicksSwan, Merlin & #LongbilledDowitcher (📸 Cley Feb23) the highlights amongst a stunning amount of birds @Holkham - what an impressive reserve it is now ❤️

A Long-billed Dowitcher foraging, their bills go from 2.5 to 3 inches, which is about the average depth of water they like to forage in. #longbilleddowitcher #shorebirds #birds #birdphotography #birdlovers #nature #islandinfocus #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #canada #canon #cowichanvalley

Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mallard and American Pipit at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Lakeview, December 12, 2024.

#birds
#killdeer
#LongbilledDowitcher
#Mallard
#AmericanPipit
#SanJacintoWildlifeArea

Long-billed Dowitchers, Black-necked Stilt, Mallards and American Coots, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Lakeview, December 12, 2024.

#birds
#LongbilledDowitcher
#BlackneckedStilt
#Mallard
#AmericanCoot
#wadingbirds
#SanJacintoWildlifeArea

Finally got to see the local #LongBilledDowitcher at #BowlingGreenMarsh #Topsham #Devon Spent most of the time asleep as did the Spotted Redshank behind it #UKBirding

#vc55birds #ukbirding #birds #LongBilleddowitcher Nice county tick on the Leicestershire side of #eyebrook tonight