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Avian, Beach, Birds, Canon, Canon 5D Mark III, Dowitcher, Gulf, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Jess Buttery, Jess Buttery Photography, park, photo, photography, Shore, Shorebirds, Shoreline, Sunset
At sunset overlooking the Skyway Bridge in Fort DeSoto State Park I found these shorebirds busily feeding before dark. They were very skittish and didn’t approve of me getting anywhere close. From what I can see they are Short Billed Dowitchers as their bills are slightly below center.
More Distant view:
Jazzersten's HDR Blog 
“It feeds on invertebrates often by rapidly probing its bill into mud in a sewing machine fashion…” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-billed_dowitcher ALSO … http://www.twobirdersandbinoculars.com/tough-ids-long-billed-vs-short-billed-dowitchers/
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Nice comment and thanks for the links
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