Wings lift with the quiet grace of a held breath.
The rocks cradle a moment caught between tides.
A quiet traveler steadies itself on the edge of becoming.
Then the shoreline exhales, and the world moves again.
#Photography #shorebird #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Willet stalks the waves of Myrtle Beach, SC.
#willet #shorebird #beach #ocean #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #animal #naturephotography #myrtlebeach #southcarolina #travel #birdpics
1. Laughing gull on water with wings spread around him as he takes off.
2. Laughing gull on water, he’s getting ready to fly.
3. Laughing gull feet barely touching water as he prepares to fly.
4. Laughing gull’s feet barely touching water as he flys, wings up exposing their undersides.
Laughing Gull liftoff … or landing ?
*It was liftoff
#ECK #EastCoastKin #Birding #Fotografía #ShoreBird
The tide hums its slow refrain around the stones.
Light drifts over feather and water like a quiet chord.
Each ripple moves with the gentle rhythm of wind through open marsh.
The shoreline answers in its own calm, steady song.
#photography #willet #shorebird #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A red-wattled lapwing on pebbly rocks. Its feathers are ruffled and it has a red mask (wattle) around its bill
A small group of namaqua doves; the male on the right has a red base to its bill. All the birds have long eleegant tails.
Morning All. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Black&Red - a Red-Wattled Lapwing and a BOFO for the alt theme and #Pigeons&Doves - this Namaqua Dove, one of the most elegant of its kind. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Shorebird
#Shorebird eggs are optimised for camouflage and each one is a unique piece of art. Thee eggs are coloured by the females individually (who probably inspired the #Easter 🐇). Our annual "egg hunt" at Liminka Bay, Finland, searching for hidden #ruff and #dunlin 🪺 will soon start again.
#ornithology
A royal tern stands out amongst the herring gulls and laughing gulls on the sands of Myrtle Beach, SC.
#tern #royaltern #shorebird #beach #ocean #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #animal #birdpic #animalpics #naturephotography #myrtlebeach #southcarolina #travel
Along the shore, life moves with quiet intention.
Each winged presence shows how balance endures.
Their stillness feels like a small breath of peace.
And in their grace, wonder returns.
#photography #wallet #shorebird #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A wooden walkway over a shrubby dune.
A piper on wet, reflective sand around small mounds of seaweed. Surf and horizon in background.
A guy riding on a motorized, single-wheel, board vehicle on the beach. Wet sad in foreground; dunes, buildings, and sky in background.
A woman and a child walking on the beach; very small in the frame. The shot is directed by the surf and horizon.
🏖️: Crescent Beach, St. Augustine, FL
I haven't been to many beaches, but this one might be the best. Free, no hassle parking; excellent quality sand; no litter; not too much seaweed; plenty of room for lots of people… combined with today's weather […]
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A Spotted Sandpiper walks along next to reflective water.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay prompt is #speckled, and this #SpottedSandpiper is certainly that, as is its upside-down alternate-reality self.
#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #sandpiper #shorebird #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography
A Ring-billed Gull struts on the beach
#bird #birdoftheday #photography #blueskybirds #birdsofblueaky #seagull #shorebird #canonphotography #nature #edistobeach
💙🖤💚 Sandpiper preening in the surf #scrollbreak #shorebird #breathe
A cream-coloured courser casts its shadow on a ground of pebbly sand. The bird is orange brown with long spindly legs.
Good day to all. Happy Friday. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay of #grounded and (just about) the Alt theme #silhouettes&shadows
this very smart Cream-Cooured Courser on the desert floor #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
Grey-white bird (willet) with one leg caught mid-jump on beach with waves in background.
One-legged Willet on a Galveston beach
🪶 #birds #shorebird
A pair of avocets preening each other
Good day to all. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #MarriedCouples - These courting avocets #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
A Solitary Sandpiper walks through cloudy water near a riverbank. Its shadow and its reflection are both visible.
Todays #BirdOfTheDay prompt is #LandMeetsWater. This #SolitarySandpiper was in downright weird lighting conditions, and therefore, its shadow and its reflection were both visible. Well done, bird.
#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #sandpiper #shorebird #wildlife #WildlifePhotography
A kentish plover wading bird on a shoreline. The shore is littered wth green seed cases
Two little stint wading birds on a shoreline. The shore is littered wth green seed cases
Good day to all. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LandMeetsWater - A pair of little stints, and a lovely kentish plover amongst the seed cases of a desert gourd edging an inland lake #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
The #Willet (Tringa semipalmata) is common #shorebird along North American beaches, mudflats, and salt marshes, they are loud, territorial #birds named for their piercing “pill-will-willet” song.
📍 Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
🗓️ January 7, 2026
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm
@mybirdcards.com @aba.org
Do you work with breeding shorebirds? Do you collect FID data? Do you have data already or collecting data this year?
We are seeking data contributors for a new project investigating the diversity of nest defence strategies across breeding shorebirds.
Get in touch if interested!
#wader #shorebird
Noticing this urban #Wader or #Shorebird refuge at #Cullercoats Oystercatchers, Redshank and Turnstone #Birds #Nature UK
The Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large, migratory #shorebird that breeds in the Arctic and winters along coasts worldwide.
📍 Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
🗓️ January 7, 2026
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm lens
@mybirdcards.com @aba.org @abcbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @nature.org
The global story of how a century-old #Yup’ik mask is illuminating #shorebird conservation today in Western Alaska and beyond.
Way beyond.
ak.audubon.org/news/despera...
#seagull #seagulls #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #animal #animals #animalphotography #gull #gulls #seabird #seabirds #shorebird #shorebirds
A wide open Great Blue Heron for #BirdoftheDay #primarycolors
Olympia, WA 🪶
#ornithology #heron #blueheron #botd #olympia #olympiawa #olywa #birds #birder #pnw #birding #shorebird #nikon #naturalist #wildlife #nature #animals #birdphotography
New paper with @calonectris.bsky.social on Andean shorebirds phenology is out in Ecosphere @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social, where we combined citizen-science and field data to decipher nest timing of understudied species: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #shorebird #bird #PhDstudy
Figure 1 Ursem (2026) Map of camera trap locations, with (A) the location of the Marker Wadden study area in the Netherlands; (B) a detailed overview of the studied area of the Marker Wadden, with red triangles (n = 6) indicating the sampling locations and the black arrows indicating the direction of the camera traps and the transects. The blue circle shows the position of the water level data-logger. (C) Ground image of the setup of one of the camera traps, with the transects indicated by the sticks.
New publication: #Shorebird responses to fine-scale water level #fluctuations and #macrofauna biomass in a newly constructed #freshwater #wetland.
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #BirdsInTheirElement. This Willet is patrolling the surf line. #shorebird #willet #wings #water #ocean #surf
Long Island seashore and a seagull starts its journey, lifting off from the edge of an old wood dock. Moody shorebird photograph copyright Amy Medina, DangRabbit Photography.
Along the shore, from the wood railing of a local pier, a gull takes flight on a gloomy day.
“Off to Shelter”
Prints: DangRabbit.com
#seagulls #birds #seagull #shorebird #birdinflight #birdphotography #photography #eastcoastkin
One of the few solitary Yellowlegs hunting the waters edge yesterday at Ridgefield NWR ... staying clear from the Dowitchers!
#shorebird #birds #wadingbirds #ridgefieldwa #wildlife #art #photography #birding #birdphotography #WestCoastKin #pnw #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #oiseaux #vögel
A very long legged black-winged stilt and a much smaller common sandpiper together on the edge of a water tank
Good Day All. My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddCouples, a black-winged stilt and its cousin a common sandpiper. A very mismatched couple. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #wader #shorebird
