Young Ruddy Turnstone

by Judi Dressler

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Young Ruddy Turnstone

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Judi Dressler

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This young Ruddy Turnstone was pecking at a fish that had washed up on a peer off the coast, along with some other small birds, when I saw him. There were people fishing all around, but these birds apparently had gotten used to them, because they were not deterred. A perfect place to hang out and get some lunch!

The adult breeding male Ruddy Turnstone is a shorebird with unique black-and-white markings on the head and throat, and a chestnut and black variegated (calico catlike) pattern on the back.

From Cornell's website: "These long-distance migrants breed in the arctic tundra, but spend the off seasons on rocky shorelines and sandy beaches on both North American coasts (as well as South America, Eurasia, Africa, and Australia). They use their stout, slightly upturned bill to flip debris on the beach to uncover insects and small crustaceans."

Photo taken on October 9, 2017, on a South Padres Island beach in Texas.

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