wandering tattler

I don't know about tattling, but they certainly do wander.

Wandering Tattler was another regular migrant I'd also seen on my first visit to Hawaii, some years ago for a conference. I wonder how they got their reputation as tattlers? None I've seen have told me any guilty secrets ;)

Rather distant, so more of a shot of the bird in habitat. What an awesome migrant this is! How do they find tiny dots of islands in the vast Pacific Ocean as staging posts on their journeys?

We'd walked about 4.5 miles and were getting hungry. Headed back to the car to drive down the road for dinner, we made one last rest stop on a driftwood bench. As we sat there chatting, I noticed a bird fly along the shore and land below some rocks at the base of the bluff. I zoomed in and got...

Just a few months ago, this was a new Lifer for me, now I am documenting the different plumage!

Here is a new Lifer for me!! I found this single Wandering Tattler on the Pacific Ocean side of the Baja, Hanging out with some Sanderlings, Ruddy Turnstones AND Snowy Plovers a couple of weeks ago!!! It was a great morning.....

Another shot of this guy on Isla Isabela, Galapagos Islands

A photo of my first Wandering Tattler (lifer #350), seen on the north jetty of Humboldt Bay.

This bird was foraging at river's edge. The white material is foam from dissolved organics stirred up by river turbulence.

The Ulili is also known by its more common name, Wandering Tattler, is a frequently seen bird along the Hawaii Island shorelines. This one was spotted fishing on the coast of Maui, near Kahului. James Brennan Molokai Hawaii

A new lifer for me, this bird was walking along the shore of the Mendocino coastline.

Another first |=)| Two more today as well - white-faced ibis and orange-cheeked waxbill. Btw, I know the camera and thereby the image's baseline data are showing a different date. I just haven't bothered chancing the time and date on the camera after the long flight.

Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus). South of Seward along the west shore of Resurrection Bay in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA.

My hard drive stopped working just before I started off to Hong Kong. 2 of my very important files haven't been backup yet - the Wandering Tatler, which is seldom seen locally, and the Grouse in Manning Park, which I have to drive a 500 km round trip for. Fortunately there is a known intrinsic...

Allways difficult to see wich Tattler it is. I think it is a Wandering because of the length of the nasal groove (around 2/3 of the lenght of the bill). Grey-tailed has a groove max half of the bill. Normally these birds are shy but when you stay as low near the ground as possible the birds are...

This is the 2nd photo of this Wandering Tattler (a uncommon visitor from Alaska) after finishing its sumptous lunch of small crabs. No wonder I missed this bird in my first visit to the site as the colour blended so well with the rock. If it had crunched down and tucked in its bill, it would be...

This is one of my best birding experiences. Being able to observe a rarity (in my area) feeding 5 meters right in front of me. This bird was quite comfortable with me after I had learnt that I need to sit motionlessly like a piece of big rock. It was feeding actively, looking for small crabs...

A wandering tattler. Isn't that a superb name for a creature?

Rare around Vancouver. This bird was at the rock base of a 4.5 km Jetty going out into the ocean, South of Vancouver, BC.