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.