American avocet Recurvirostra americana
"The Western Sandpiper is one of a group of very similar small shorebirds called "peeps". The Sanderling is obviously larger with a bolder wing stripe." USGS site.
Are these Sanderling Calidris alba or Western sandpiper Calidris mauri?
Are theses Sanderling Calidris alba? One Snowy Plover
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Black-bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola
A different type of chick watch, Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus previously spotted in 2004, and 2003
Interests of Callie | Birds | Surfing | Santa Barbara Farmers' Market, Gardening and Farming | Snowy Plovers | Trips and Places