THE OTTER SIDE - Shorebird/Wader Images

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Short-billed Dowitcher - sp.
[Limnodromus griseus]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Short-billed Dowitcher was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, 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 7, 2008)

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Short-billed Dowitcher - sp.
[Limnodromus griseus]

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Short-billed Dowitcher - sp.
[Limnodromus griseus]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Short-billed Dowitcher was photographed at the Convention Center boardwalk, South Padre Island, 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 5, 2009)

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Short-billed Dowitcher - sp.
[Limnodromus griseus]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This winter plumaged Short-billed Dowitcher was photographed along the coast near Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1980)

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Short-billed Dowitcher - sp.
[Limnodromus griseus]

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This winter plumaged Short-billed Dowitcher in flight was photographed along the coast near Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

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Dunlin
[Calidris alpina]

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Dunlin was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 4, 2009)

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Dunlin
[Calidris alpina]

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Dunlin was photographed at Loch of Funzie RSPB Reserve, Funzie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

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Dunlin
[Calidris alpina]

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

It is easy to see why this bird was once called the "Red-backed" Sandpiper. This Dunlin, in full breeding plumage, was photographed at the edge of the famous Gambell "boneyards" on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)

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