Image title: Hidden Gold.
Long-Billed Curlew.
On migration.
Location: Del Rey Beach, Oregon State Park.
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This incredibly long-billed curlew is the largest of our shorebirds. It spends the summer on the grasslands of the arid west, appearing on coastal mudflats only in migration. It often occurs alongside the Marbled Godwit, which is very similar in size and color pattern; but the godwit’s bill curves up, not down.
Forages by walking rather quickly over coastal mudflats, using its long bill to probe just below the surface searching for crabs, ghost shrimps, and other creatures.
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/long-billed-curlew
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-billed_Curlew
Tracking long-billed curlew | The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/…/tracking-long-billed-curlew-1.xml
•North American Bird Conservation Initiative. 2016. The State of North America’s Birds 2016. Environment and Climate Change
Q: Where in the world is Del Rey Beach, you ask?
A: The largest ocean in the world, the Pacific Ocean is a just a steps away walk from Del Rey Oregon State Park, just north of Gearhart on the Pacific Coast Highway 101. There is a quiet, secluded parking area. Each of the Oregon State Parks is an individual place where people play, picnic, rest, hike, renew, and everything in between. They are an everyday reminder of the things that make Oregon great, and their very existence is a testament to what we collectively value.
Park History: The land was acquired in 1970 by gift from Clatsop County. Free annual day-use attendance: 98,318
For more info go to: http://www.traveloregon.com See & Do …Del Rey Beach State Recreation Site | Travel Oregon