Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Willet at Sunrise

While we were at Bowdoin NWR in Montana we saw a few different shore birds including willets. There are two different populations of willets in North America. The western population breeds in fresh water habits, such as Montana, and winters on the Pacific Coast. The eastern population is slightly smaller and breeds in salt water habitats along the Atlantic Coast. This is an example of an eastern willet that I photographed on the gulf coast of Texas last year.


9 comments:

2sweetnsaxy said...

Beautiful! I absolutely love the lighting in this.

Leckeres für Mensch und Katze said...

Nice shot. :) LG Tina

Martha Z said...

I like the wavy reflection and of course, the willet.

Photo Cache said...

incredible.

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My name is Riet said...

So beautiful. Love it

fjällripan said...

Beautiful birds and I really like the reflections!

lotusleaf said...

Absolutely lovely picture!

Kay L. Davies said...

Gorgeous reflections in a super photo.
— K

Kay, Alberta, Canada
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Nicolette said...

Gorgeous photo of the willet... gorgeous reflections...