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shorebirds
**updated Feb. 2023**
Shorebirds are my third favorite group of birds (behind waders and waterfowl), but perhaps my favorite to photograph.
American shorbs consist of four families in the order Charadriiformes, including:
stilts and avocets, oystercatchers, plovers, and sandpipers.
​Click links above to skip to a specific gallery, or scroll down to enjoy them all.
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stilts & avocets (family Recurvirostridae)
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oystercatchers (family Haematopodidae)
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plovers (family Charadriidae)
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sandpipers part 1: curlews, godwits, & turnstones (family Scolopacaidae)
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