Shorebird Willet
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Shorebird Willet
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
Medium
Photograph
Description
Shorebirds is a blanket term used to refer to multiple species of birds that live in wet, coastal environments.
Willets are large, stocky shorebirds with long legs and thick, straight bills considerably longer than the head. Their wings are broader and rounder than those of many shorebirds and the tail is short and squared off at the base. Willets are gray or brown birds that, when flying, display a striking white and black stripe along each wing. In summer, Willets are mottled gray, brown, and black; in winter they are a more consistent plain gray. The legs are bluish gray. Willets are often seen alone. They walk deliberately, pausing to probe for crabs, worms and other prey in sand and mudflats, or to pick at insects and mollusks. When startled, they react with a piercing call, often opening their wings and running rather than taking flight.
Two distinct subspecies occur in North America: one that breeds in the East and another that breeds in the West. (Both subspecies may be seen along the East Coast during fall migration.
This photo was taken in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Comments (8)
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Lyuba – your sea or shore bird has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2023 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
Gorgeous capture, Lyuba! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Lyuba Filatova replied:
William, thank you very much for your nice comment, L/F and the feature in Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Don, thank you so much for the feature in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" group!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Don, thank you very much for L/Tweet and the feature in "Birds In Focus" group!