Willet(Tringa semipalmata)
Common along the immediate coast in North Carolina. Two distinct subspecies are found in North America. The Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) breeds in marshes in the Dakotas & southern Canadian prairie provinces to the interior of California and winters along both coasts. Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) breeds along the Atlantic & Gulf coasts and winters in South America.
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Barefoot Beach Preserve, Collier Co., FL12 Feb 2015
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Collier Co., FL31 Dec 2007
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)New Hanover Co., NC13 Oct 2007
Western Willets (Tringa semipalmata inornata) on the beach with Ring-billed and Laughing Gulls.Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2005
Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)Carteret Co., NC19 July 2008
Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)Carteret Co., NC18 July 2008
Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)Dare Co., NC12 Aug 2013
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Dare Co., NC19 Oct 2019
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Dare Co., NC19 Oct 2019
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata)Dare Co., NC19 Oct 2019Being "chased" by a Sanderling...
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