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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)    Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
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Piping Plover 2500    (1 photos)
2017-03-16    Isla Blanca (Cancún), Mexico

Even from a distance you get a feeling of the grayish colors, black bill and yellow legs. A Golf coast specialty here in Mexico, and most numerous at this locality.


Piping Plover 2501    (1 photos)
2017-03-16    Isla Blanca (Cancún), Mexico

Basic plumage. Young, old, males and females are similar at this time of year, lacking any black coloration apart from the bill.


Piping Plover 2502    (1 photos)
2017-03-16    Isla Blanca (Cancún), Mexico

A bird in beginning alternate plumage with the black front but still without the black breast sides and mostly yellow bill.


Piping Plover 2503    (11 photos)
2017-03-16    Isla Blanca (Cancún), Mexico

Basic plumage. The combination of black bill, yellow legs and grayish plumage is unique among charadrius plovers.


Piping Plover 2504    (1 photos)
2017-03-16    Isla Blanca (Cancún), Mexico

Basic plumage. Probably the same as 2503, only saw four birds. Here only from a distance where it blends in well with the background.


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