tags: Black-Bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Black-Bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, at Bolivar Peninsula, Frenchtown Road, Texas.
This bird is in winter plumage which is more correctly known as "basic plumage."
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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"You put your left foot in, left foot out"
etc. etc.
What an icky, squishy-sounding name for such a handsome creature! :-)