Not only are the temperatures ideal, but the shorebirds are all
dressed up in their Sunday best. Their hormones have kicked in
and they are in breeding plumage. While some are foraging for
food along the shore, fattening up for their northern migration,
others are exhibiting courtship rituals and mating behaviors and
are nesting on our local beaches. It can be downright amusing to
watch them.
Images by Lou Newman, Sarasota, Florida, May/June, 2009.
Sandwich Terns
Royal Terns
Least Terns
Dunlin
Long-billed Curlew
Black-bellied Plover