EditorialCharadrius melodus, Print, The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across th...
EditorialPhilohela minor, Print, The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker and hokumpoke. This bird is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woo...
EditorialThe number of red knots visiting the Delaware Bay beaches during this spring’s northbound migration unexpectedly dropped to its lowest since tallies began almost 40 years ago. (Gregory Breese/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via The New York Times)
EditorialVolunteers trap shorebirds for counting and tagging at Reeds Beach in Middle Township, N.J., May 21, 2019. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)
EditorialA group of red knots, a type of migratory shorebird that feeds on horseshoe crab eggs, and a horseshoe crab. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via The New York Times)
EditorialCharadrius obscurus, Print, The New Zealand plover (Charadrius obscurus) is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand. Its Maori names include tuturiwhatu, pukunui, and kukuruatu., 1845-1848.
EditorialTringa canutus, Print, The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calid...
EditorialLimosa fedoa, Print, The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is 40?50 cm (16?20 in), including a large bill of 8?13 cm (3.1?5.1 in), and wingspan is 70?88 cm (28...
EditorialHimantopus leucocephalus, Print, The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (H. himantopus). This shorebir...
EditorialTringa canutus, Print, The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calid...
EditorialTotanus semipalmatus, Print, The willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, is a large shorebird in the Scolopacidae family. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the larg...
EditorialTringa canutus, Print, The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calid...
EditorialTringa canutus, Print, The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calid...
EditorialLimosa fedoa, Print, The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is 40?50 cm (16?20 in), including a large bill of 8?13 cm (3.1?5.1 in), and wingspan is 70?88 cm (28...
EditorialNumenius madagascariensis, Print, The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its p...
EditorialCharadrius melodus, Print, The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across th...
EditorialTotanus flavipes, Print, The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, ...
EditorialCharadrius collaris, Print, The collared plover (Charadrius collaris) is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina....
EditorialLimosa fedoa, Print, The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is 40?50 cm (16?20 in), including a large bill of 8?13 cm (3.1?5.1 in), and wingspan is 70?88 cm (28...
EditorialTotanus melanoleucus, Print, The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large North American shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized...
EditorialLimosa fedoa, Print, The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is 40?50 cm (16?20 in), including a large bill of 8?13 cm (3.1?5.1 in), and wingspan is 70?88 cm (28...
EditorialPhilohela minor, Print, The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker and hokumpoke. This bird is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woo...
EditorialTotanus semipalmatus, Print, The willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, is a large shorebird in the Scolopacidae family. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the larg...
EditorialCharadrius pecuarius, Print, Kittlitz's plover (Charadrius pecuarius) is a small shorebird (35-40 g) in the family Charadriidae that breeds near coastal and inland saltmarshes, sandy or muddy riverbanks or alkaline grasslands with short vegetation. It ...
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