[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover was photographed at a park along the Hudson River in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover was photographed at a park along the Hudson River in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This immature American Golden-Plover was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: October 1987)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover taking flight was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: October 1987)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This breeding plumaged American Golden-Plover in flight was photographed on the tundra along Gas Well Road in Barrow, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 2, 2008)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This winter plumaged Black-bellied Plover in flight was photographed at Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Oso Flaco Lake, CA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)