Black-bellied Plover
by Dawn Currie
Title
Black-bellied Plover
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Black-bellied Plover perched on a rock in Sebastian Inlet State Park on the central Florida coast.
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Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola): A large shorebird of coastal beaches; the Black-bellied Plover is the largest plover in North America and can be found along the southern coast in winter northward to Massachusetts and British Columbia. Wary and quick to give alarm calls; the Black-bellied Plover functions worldwide as a sentinel for mixed groups of shorebirds. These qualities allowed it to resist market hunters; and it remained common when populations of other species of similar size were devastated. The Black-bellied Plover is the only American plover that has a hind toe on its foot. The hind toe; however; is so small that it is difficult to see in the field.
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January 27th, 2014
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William Tasker
Superb capture! I love it on its little island. :) Thank you for submitting this beautifully captured and identified bird image which has been featured on the homepage of the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group - L/F