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Hudsonian Whimbrel Memories And High Hopes

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Hudsonian Whimbrels, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, beach, coastal island, coastal key, floating, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, sand, sandpipers, seaweed, shorebirds, spring, water, waves, whimbrels, winter|

I was working on some older posts when I came across a few Hudsonian Whimbrel photos I’d never written about before, including this one from Fort De Soto County Park.

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Short-billed Dowitcher Foraging in Sargassum on the Wrack Line

By Mia McPherson|January 23rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: adult, brown algae, coastal, dowitcher, dowitchers, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Limnodromus griseus, macroalgae, Sargassum, sargassum seaweed, seaweed, shorebirds, Short-billed Dowitcher, summer, wrack line|

This Short-billed Dowitcher slowly made its way through the Sargassum on the wrack line as I laid in the damp sand photographing it and the other shorebirds that were searching the seaweed for food.

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Hudsonian Whimbrel Threat Display

By Mia McPherson|April 19th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Hudsonian Whimbrels, Pinellas County|Tags: behavior, Gulf of Mexico, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, seaweed, shorebird, shorebirds, threat display, wintering grounds|

This Hudsonian Whimbrel wasn't reacting to my presence when it exhibited this threat display instead it was reacting to the presence of two other whimbrels that are outside of the frame.

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Gulf Coast Hudsonian Whimbrel

By Mia McPherson|April 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Hudsonian Whimbrels, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, coastal, coastal island, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, sandpipers, seaweed, shorebirds, water, waves, winter|

Among the shorebirds I enjoyed seeing and photographing while I lived in Florida were Hudsonian Whimbrels, I could see flocks of 25 or more during the winter along the coast.

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Short-billed Dowitcher On The Wrack Line

By Mia McPherson|December 20th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: adult, coastal, dowitcher, dowitchers, Gulf of Mexico, Limnodromus griseus, Low angle, Sanderling, Sargassum, sargassum seaweed, seaweed, shorebirds, Short-billed Dowitcher, summer, wrack, wrack line|

I photographed this Short-billed Dowitcher and the out of focus Sanderling the day after a storm had pushed mounds of Sargassum seaweed onto the wrack line and the birds were busy looking for food within it.

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