The coordinated flight of shorebirds is always fascinating to watch, often seeming as if they have the movements of single organism. Her...

I typically go to the North Shore of Massachusetts for my local shorebird photography, but heading south of Boston down to Plymouth can ...

This dunlin stood out in a group of mostly sanderlings on a fall visit to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge a few years ago. This w...

I've written about this a few times before, but a windy day along the beach really shows how tough these sandpipers are to withstand...

I finally went out looking for shorebirds for the first time near home this year with a trip to Plymouth Beach last night. I saw on eBir...

A dunlin probes the sand for a meal in Parker River National Wildlife Refuge It was mostly sanderlings feeding in front of the recedi...

A dunlin preens its feathers while bathed in the golden light of sunset on Plymouth Beach On this early May trip to Plymouth Beach, I...

A dunlin in late-spring plumage runs in front of a breaking wave on Plymouth Beach, Massachusetts I had a really great series of spri...

A dunlin prepares to eat a worm it just pulled from the sand along Plymouth Beach, Massachusetts On a late spring trip to Plymouth Be...

A dunlin peers out from a depression in the sand behind the dunes at Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island, Massachusetts. View mo...

Well today marks an entire year since I last posted a new image here on my blog. That's far too long! While I haven't had as muc...

A dunlin pulls a small clam from the sand and washes it off before swallowing it whole for dinner. An extremely low tide at Parker River N...

Throughout the fall there were a lot of migrating shorebirds feeding on the beaches of Plum Island, and I was surprised to see that some w...

A pair of dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) rest at the front edge of a very large flock of mixed sandpipers. This image is from a morning that I...

A dunlin in winter plumage pulls a clam from the sand at low tide and swallows it whole. This image is from a nice trip I took to the Park...

The seventh beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island came through for me again on Tuesday when I went out looking f...

A dunlin stands alone with its shadow away from the rest of the flock at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island. Find...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had a wonderful first two days of wildlife photography in Massachusetts last week. This lovely flock ...

( My Massachusetts shorebird welcoming committee .) After a month of living in the great state of Massachusetts, I finally had a chance to g...

It's been a while since I posted some shorebirds to the blog, and I was getting that itch. Since most of them are up north on the tundra...