#Plovers

[thegorgonist]

Shore birds are such fun coastal residents to watch. I love observing little flocks of plovers scampering around in the tide. And there's one sanderling looking right back at you! In my shop

[hawkpartys]

[blogbirdfeather]

Lapwing - Abibe-comum (Vanellus vanellus)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (28/01/2025)

[NIkon D500; AF-S Nikkor 600mm F/4E FL ED VR]

[uwmspeccoll]

A Feathursday in Wading

This week we present a few wading birds -- some by lakes and rivers, some by the seashore -- rendered in black and white and hand-colored wood engravings by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his 1948 publication Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Shown here from top to bottom are:

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Birds of the British Isles is a donation from our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal.

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[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Snowy Plover

Photo: Becky Matsubara

"An inconspicuous, pale little bird, easily overlooked as it runs around on white sand beaches, or on the salt flats around lakes in the arid west. Where it lives on beaches, its nesting attempts are often disrupted by human visitors who fail to notice that they are keeping the bird away from its nest; as a result, the Snowy Plover populations have declined in many coastal regions. Formerly considered to belong to the same species as the Kentish Plover of the Old World."

- Audubon Field Guide

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 38, no. 7. July, 1977.

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[miyrumiyru]

Reasons why you should love plovers

they're fluffy

they have cute legs

their eyes are pretty

their walking is way more elegant than any of human models

And they have cute butt!

[sirinthada]

Some piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and American searocket (Cakile edentula), a native annual that provides the birds with shade, protection from the wind, and attracts a smorgasbord of insects for them to eat. 

[orofeaiel]

Black-Bellied Plovers

Plovers | Port Townsend, WA

[admiralgiggles]

“It takes two to make a thing go right. It takes two to make it outta sight.”

[richs-pics]

Ringed plover

[spinus-pinus]

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatrarola

12/2/2023 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California

[fastman27]

Aptrill Day 26: Oriental Plover.

[blogbirdfeather]

Ringed Plover - Borrelho-grande-de-coleira (Charadrius hiaticula)

Oeiras/Portugal (5/08/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR with Nikon AF-S TC-14E III; 1/2500s; F8; 500 ISO]

[ornithological]

common ringed plover (charadrius hiaticula), ireland

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Pacific Golden-Plover

Photo: Mick Thompson

"This bird is so similar to American Golden-Plover that the two were regarded as one species until 1993. However, the birds can tell the difference: where the two forms overlap in western Alaska, they seldom or never interbreed. Their migratory routes are strikingly different: American Golden-Plover migrates to South America, while Pacific Golden-Plover flies from Alaska to islands in the Pacific and often on to Australia, regularly covering over 2,000 miles in a single nonstop flight."

- Audubon Field Guide