Surfbirds
Preening
The Surfbird’s winter range is the longest and narrowest of any North American breeding bird.
During the winter it can be found from Alaska to the Strait of Magellan, Chile, a distance of more than 17,50 km, and the winter range extends inland only a few meters above the high tide line.
Black Turnstones and Surfbirds on the dock in Port Townsend, WA.
As their name suggests, turnstones often forage by turning over stones and other objects on the beach.
On the breeding grounds, these birds are extremely aggressive to avian predators, flying more than 100 meters from their territory to pursue jaegers and marauding gulls.
Like the Surfbirds, the Turnstone’s range is purely coastal.
An adult Ruddy Turnstone (the turnstone we have in our area) happened to be hanging out with hundreds of Black turnstones.
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