Wilson's plover
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell

Wilson's plovers are medium-sized shorebirds with considerably larger bills than their relatives, the semipalmated and snowy plovers.   I took these pictures of overwintering birds at Honeymoon Island State Park and Fort DeSoto Park on the Gulf Coast of southern Florida.

digital captures, Canon 1D Mk. II or 1D3, 500 mm IS lens and 1.4X or 2X converter, fill-in flash (2006, 2008)