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RxRick
Jan-10-2010, 08:58 AM
-They look like Plovers but slightly larger. Taken in SoCal.

http://rxrick.smugmug.com/Animals/Wildlife/IMG6612b/761531552_p4kRq-XL.jpg

http://rxrick.smugmug.com/Animals/Wildlife/IMG6627a/761531797_RxPus-XL.jpg

--RxRick
jwear
Jan-10-2010, 03:16 PM
try a juv snowy plover
RxRick
Jan-11-2010, 09:30 AM
Turns out they're Sanderlings. Very similar to Plovers but Sanderlings eat crustaceans (sand crabs, etc.). Plovers eat bugs (kelp flies, mostly).

Took me forever to figure this out...

--RxRick