Short-billed Dowitcher Male T-Shirt

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Despite its name, the Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), is longer billed that the average shorebird. The Short-billed Dowitcher is very similar to the Long-billed Dowitcher and it�s extremely difficult to distinguish between the two. These shorebirds are commonly found around bogs, marshes mudflats and ponds where they nest on the ground near the water. When feeding they probe with their long bills deep into the mud in a sewing machine fashion for small aquatic invertebrates.
Photographed in the Big Creek wetland at Long Point, near Port Rowan Ontario.

I'm a retired teacher living in Southern Ontario, Canada. I worked 35 years full time and 10 years part time as a classroom teacher and guidance counselor with the Peel District School Board. I also worked part time in the Faculties of Education of York University and the University of Toronto in their Additional Qualifications Programs. I purchased my first SLR camera back in the 60's and instantly fell in love with photography. My love of the outdoors led to my keen interest in hiking and nature/wildlife photography. My hiking and photography excursions have taken me on trips to East Africa, the Canadian and American Rockies, Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), Ecuador and the Galapagos Archipelago, Costa Rica and Florida and will...