Long-billed Curlew

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3rd May 2002
Bottle Beach, Grays Harbor, Washington, USA
Taken with Kowa TSN-4 77mm spotting scope with Nikon Coolpix 995
Not exactly the best photograph I have ever taken however this is an excellent example of how waders evolve different shapes and sizes of bills. The object in the bird\'s bill is a ghost shrimp. If you look closely at the base of bill you can see that the