Wilson's Plover - The Navy Base Spot, Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Joshua J. Cotten
Scientific name: Charadrius wilsonia
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Mass: 1.9 oz
Phylum: Chordata
Wilson's plover is a small bird of the family Charadriidae. It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814.
A specialist hunter of fiddler crabs, the Wilson's Plover is a heavy-billed shorebird of sandy beaches in the southern United States and in coastal South America. It blends in well with its shell-strewn beach habitat, and its plaintive call is often the first clue to its presence.
Wilson's Plovers occupy salt flats and sandy beaches or barrier islands year-round. They nest above the high-tide mark, usually not far from dunes. They also use human-made habitats such as dredge spoil islands.
The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover is a small shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Have finished O'Farrell's book. Thoughts pending. The remaining words learned while reading it:
Scullion - (noun) a servant employed to do menial work in the kitchen
Peewit - (noun) the northern lapwing [Lapwing - (n) a large short-billed gregarious wading bird of the family Charadriidae] typically having a black and white head and underparts and a loud call
Scrofulous - (adjective) of, relating to, or affected with scrofula [Scrofula - (n) a form of tuberculosis infection affecting the lymph nodes, particularly in the neck]
Chaff - (noun) the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain; husks of wheat, oats, or other grains
Nag - (noun) a small horse; a pony; an old, useless horse
Hearthrug - (noun) a rug laid in front of a fireplace to protect the carpet or floor
Daub - (noun) plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall (e.g., wattle and daub)
Ague - (noun) an acute fever
Conker - (noun) a horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers
Teasel - (noun) any of the several plants of the genus Dipsacus; the dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth
Casement - (noun) a type of hinged sash-window that swings open like doors
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The Kentish Plover is 15-17 cm long and a small cosmopolitan shorebird of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert and tundra..
Vanellus indicus or Red-wattled lapwing is one of the important bird of Western Ghat under the family Charadriidae. They are speacially active in full moon ( as per reference book 'Shorebirds: An identification guide to the waders of the world by Hayman, P; J. Marchant; T. Prater 1986. London). Image captured on the way to #Ganeshgule Beach #ratnagiri #maharashtra #indianbirds #birds #insearchofindianbiodiversity #citiusholidays (at Ganesh Gule Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyEzDKnrpV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g1prprtbevdh
Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) by Dis da fi we The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is one of several species of wader supposed to be the "trochilus" bird said by Herodotus to have been involved in an unattested cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile. see more of my images for sale! Here! Upload your images! Here! www.shutterstock.com/g/Ian+Peter+Morton?rid=270836376&... www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/IanMorton stock.adobe.com/uk/contributor/210309934/Ian https://flic.kr/p/2ncbsSL
Red-wattled lapwing Birds , The red-wattled lapwing is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Scientific name: Vanellus indicus Phylum: Chordata Family: Charadriidae Order: Charadriiformes Kingdom: Animalia ======================== Click on nikon coolpix l340 And Click by harshvardhan And edit on @lightroom ======================== #naturephotography #nature #photography #naturelovers #photooftheday #travel #landscape #instagood #love #travelphotography #photo #picoftheday #instagram #birdlovers #beautiful #photographer #landscapephotography #wildlife #sunset #naturelover #birds #flowers #art #perfection #macro #wildlifephotography #sky #like #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography (at Bird-World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWM2Dk-ItQ3/?utm_medium=tumblr