CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Calidris subminuta  

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Werribee, VIC (Apr, 2014)

We watched this pair of Long-toed Stints for about an hour. During that time they got alarmed by noise or something flying overhead a couple of times and each time they both ran to the nearest rock where they crouched down on opposite sides from each other.

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint in Breeding Plumage

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Breaking News! Long-toed Stint has Long Toe!

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Toe-to-Toe

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint in Solitary

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint of Goose-stepping

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint in the Mud