Brigantine NWR 5-11-16
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| Handsome Ruddy Turnstone feeding among Red Knots. As their name suggests, they often forage by turning over stones or shells as well as other objects. |
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| In their adult breeding plumage they are striking to see. |
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| Breeding adult on the left. Non-breeding adult on the right. (and a Purple Sandpiper in between) |
Adults foraging in scrapes made in the mud
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But things do get "interesting" when territorial disputes occur or rights to certain mates are challenged! |
Willet in breeding plumage
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| Preening |
Whimbrels on the flats with Forster's Terns
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| Bathing near Forster's Terns and the much larger Caspian Tern with that bright red bill |
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