Shorebirds

Shorebirds are a varied group of birds that include sandpipers, plovers, stilts, avocets, snipes, oystercatchers, turnstones, and phalaropes.

They are traveling and the majority species can be found along coastal areas of the United States throughout spring and fall migration. Some species prefer fresh water habitats and they can be establishing at internal marshes and ponds. Most shorebird species split a characteristic of wading close to shore, poking their bills into the ground in search of food.