Black-bellied Plover
MNWR Wildlife Drive - 23 September, 2007
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Ithaca, NY off Stevenson Rd. - 10 September, 2007
This hatch year bird was seen with about 30 Killdear in a plowed up experimental plot off of Stevenson Rd. east of Ithaca.
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Myers Point - 26 May, 2007
This individual remained for a while, but then left with a passing group of Ruddy Turnstones.
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Seen here with a Dunlin.
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Here is a second bird from that same morning.
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Many of the migrants seen along with this bird would take a bath and get a drink before foraging
for food and then continuing northward. Here, the Black-bellied Plover is taking a drink.
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All Photos (C) 2007 Paul Hurtado
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