Sometimes you can really see how birds are descendants of dinosaurs. Just imagine this whimbrel as a velociraptor running on the beach! They even look like they would run the same.
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Hello J.J. Very nice photographs. There is a similar looking bird found here in the Canadian Rockies called a Long-Billed Curlew. I agree with you about how they resemble dinosaurs. Take care. Bob
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We get Long-billed Curlews in San Diego too! It’s always a little hard to tell them apart because they look so similar but curlews have much more epic beaks.
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Good call!!
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