bird photography : shorebirds

The average non-birder likely thinks of seagulls when hearing "shorebirds," but there are so many more species of birds found alongside oceans and lakes: things like sandpipers, plovers, pelicans are but the tip of the iceberg (and avid birders groan inwardly at even considering the vast variety of gulls and their seasonal plumages).

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)	Willet (Tringa semipalmata)	Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)	Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)	Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)	Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)	American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)	Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)