Denise Goldberg's blog

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Funny birds!

These birds fascinate me. They hang out along the shore with the sea gulls, and although they share some coloration with the gulls, they are clearly a different type of bird.

Standing, their legs seems to be running in place, kneading the sand below a thin layer of water. What's down there? Why the quick movements?

And then... they're off! Time to run across the sand. Funny...

I think they are some kind of plover, but I'm not sure. Do you know?