Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Above: Dunlin at Malibu, California (10/10/2011).
Below: A beautiful breeding-plumaged Dunlin rests after feeding on Horeshoe Crab eggs (Delaware Bay, 5/20/2006).
Below: Dunlin forage near a pair of spawning Horseshoe Crabs on Delaware Bay. Thousands of shorebirds feed on the Horseshoe Crabs' eggs, and depend upon this annual feast to fuel their long northward migrations (5/20/2006).
Below: This breeding plumage Dunlin is a great shorebird in Washington Co., Maryland (5/25/2008).
Below: A Dunlin in non-breeding plumage at Hurlock WWTP, Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/2004).