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Roosting shorebirds        Images © Mark A. Chappell

 

Shorebirds of various species often congregate in dense roosting flocks when not feeding. These birds (including western sandpipers, willets, marbled godwits, American avocets, and dowitchers) were at Newport Back Bay, near Newport Beach, California, and the nearby Bolsa Chica wetlands in coastal Orange County, California.

Sandpiper flocks in flight are on this page

  • Canon 10D, 1D Mk. II, or 1D3, 500 mm f4 IS + 2X converter (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008)