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Arenaria interpres
These ruddy turnstones are pictured in non-breeding plumage. They're medium sized, sharp-beaked wading birds with white bellies. The legs are orange and the beak is dark and angular.
I spotted this bird in a North Pacific tidal zone, where it was wading on and fishing from the lava rocks.
There were several birds of this species present, as well as others.
Well, I quickly looked it up and it definitely does not match. This is still probably a plover, though, because I recall that there were a lot of Pacific golden plovers nearby.
Deva, I don't have any closer photos but I'll look up the common ringed plover to compare. Thanks for your input!
Spotted on Jan 10, 2013
Submitted on Jul 9, 2013
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