2021 – Whimbrels (Numenius
phaeopus, Order Charadriiformes, Family
Scolopacidae - Shorebirds >).
I had been thinking for years that these were
long-billed curlews, but the bill, although very
long, is shorter (>).
Although allaboutbirds.org says the bird "probes
into soft surfaces for invertebrates and small
crabs, which it swallows whole," on Will Rogers
Beach they often tend to be higher up on the beach
scavenging. |