Photos from Morro Strand State Beach Dec. 13, 2004
Photos by Mike Baird

Western Snowy Plovers
Note the first photo is of a banded Western Snowy Plover. WY:YO
Left leg: white above, yellow below.
Right leg: yellow above, orange below. 
This female plover was banded as a chick at Fort Ord in 1999
Banded Western Snowy Plover observed on Morro Strand State Beach Dec 13, 2004.  Right leg: yellow above, orange below.  Left leg: white above, yellow below.  This female plover was banded as a chick at Fort Ord in 1999.

 

Long Billed Curlews


Marbled Godwit

Gulls

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