Ringed Plover

February 2013 – Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

One of the many shorebirds that spend the winters down south. Smart birds.

Pacific Golden Plover

November 2007 – Kaua’i

The Pacific Golden Plover spends the winter on islands like Kaua’i, and the summers on tundra along the Bering Strait. This image shows the winter plumage. The summer plumage is quite different. I have to wonder how it was that someone was able to make the connection between the summer and winter versions of this bird… Perhaps they start molting before they migrate on one end or the other..?

Killdeer

March 2004 – Jackson Bottom wetlands, Hillsboro, OR

Not much to say here… a Killdeer wading in the shallows.