[Length 23 in. Wingspan 35 in.]

This Long-billed Curlew was photographed at the Santa Ana NWR Christmas Bird Count, Alamo, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: December 14, 2011)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 35 in.]

This Long-billed Curlew was photographed along the coast near Santa Maria, California, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 35 in.]

This Long-billed Curlew in flight was photographed near Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: December 1979)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Eurasian Dotterel was photographed at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Eurasian Dotterel was photographed at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Eurasian Dotterel was photographed at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 8.25 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Eurasian Dotterel was photographed at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Long-billed Dowitcher was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 25, 2004)