[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

Black-bellied Plovers breed in the high Arctic and winter along both US coasts. Their plaintive "pee-ur-eee" calls are a common, but often unnoticed, sound as they fly along the outer beaches during migration. This one was photographed running along the edge of a wave at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Soligor 300 mm f5.6 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1975)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Corpus Christi, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 28, 2004)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Pool of Virkie, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 11, 2004)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=600mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 9, 2006)

[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 f4 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 10, 2006)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=570mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 24, 2007)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 4, 2009)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 4, 2009)