Short-billed Dowitcher is very similar to Long-billed Dowitcher, and they are most reliably separated by their flight calls. Bill length alone is not reliable. Both have a bobbing, drilling feeding motion from which their names are derived. Short-billed has a predilection for salt water beaches.
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Short-billed Dowitchers
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 8, 2005©John Schwarz
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Short-billed Dowitchers
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
May 25, 2008©John Schwarz
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Short-billed Dowitchers
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
May 25, 2008©John Schwarz
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
May 25, 2008©John Schwarz
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
May 25, 2008©John Schwarz
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
May 25, 2008©John Schwarz
