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Tringa semipalmata
This willet was a solitary bird on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean this morning. The willet is a large shorebird and is a member of the sandpiper family, 13-15 inches in length. It has a grayish-brown head, back, and wings; a white belly; a long, straight black bill; long grayish-blue legs and black and white bands on its wings that are visible when it is flight. Males and female look alike, but the female is a little larger.
Marshes, wet meadows, mudflats, beaches. Eastern race nests in areas of extensive salt marsh along coast Spotted on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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