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Horned Lark in HD

Posted on Dec 8, 2014

Horned Lark in HD

This Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), a bird of open fields, grasslands, shrublands, desert, tundra and coastal plains, was being friendly while enjoying sitting on this dune at a beach on a cold winter day before resuming foraging.

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Sanderlings (Calidris alba) by Scott Kruitbosch

Posted on Mar 9, 2014

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) by Scott Kruitbosch

These Sanderlings (Calidris alba) were feeding along the gentle waves of Long Island Sound today in Stratford, Connecticut. Note that the bird on the far right has a silver federal band that I unfortunately could not read. They were part of a group of over 100 combined Sanderling and Dunlin (Calidris alpina). The two species are typically found together in Connecticut through the winter but I was excited to see any shorebirds and many other spring waterbirds will be arriving shortly.

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