LONG-BILLED CURLEW (NUMENIUS AMERICANUS)(RECOVERED PHOTO), MCINNIS COUNTY PARK,SAN RAFAEL,CA, 11/16/2017

      We can ID this shorebird and sandpiper as a Long-billed Curlew as follows:

• Large size
• Very long, downcurved bill
• Long neck and small head
• Pale cinnamon underparts and neck, with dark stripes on the neck
• Bill is pinkish towards the base of lower mandible and otherwise black
• Grayish legs
• Dark streaks on upperparts

      The Long-billed Curlew is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 908.

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