dunlins

Dunlin Running Along The Shore Of The Gulf

By Mia McPherson|February 1st, 2016|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, beach, breeding plumage, Calidris alpina, coastal island, Dunlin, dunlins, foam, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, running, sand, sandpipers, shorebirds, spring, surf, waves|

This Dunlin was just about finished molting into its breeding plumage and would have soon been on its way to the Arctic and sub-Arctic tundra to breed and raise its young.

The Dunlin Gets The Worm

By Mia McPherson|August 17th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, afternoon, autumn, Calidris alpina, coastal, droplets, Dunlin, dunlins, fall, nonbreeding plumage, prey, sea worm, shorebirds, tidal lagoon, Tubeworm, water, worm|

I wanted to post a shorebird today that I haven't posted in a while so I picked this image where the late afternoon Dunlin gets the worm

By Mia McPherson|May 9th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Calidris alpina, coastal, Dunlin, dunlins, Gulf of Mexico, lagoon, nonbreeding plumage, Old Red Back, Red-backed Sandpiper, shorebirds, water|

Dunlins are small shorebirds that are found in North America which exhibit remarkable differences between their breeding and nonbreeding plumages.