Long-billed Dowitchers

Watched this video I got of a big group of Long-billed Dowitchers. I was on a bank at The Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida and they didn't seem to care that I was there. They usually are a very skittish bird, so I was glad they didn't fly away when they noticed me. As the name implies there is also a bird called the Short-billed Dowitcher. They are very hard to tell apart unless they are next to each other. They are found just about everywhere in North America at one time of the year or another. They are hear in Sarasota mainly in the winter.

Here is a picture I got of one of these birds.

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I am an award winning photographer and filmmaker. Many of my pictures have been used in TV Shows and Feature Films, such as "Zero Dark Thirty", "NCIS Los Angeles" and "The Walking Dead".
Many of my bird pictures and videos have been used by The National Audubon Society and Sarasota Audubon and used on several TV shows, like "Animal Outtakes" on ABC. Enjoy!