Haematopus palliatus
            
               (L 17.5" WS 32" Wt 1.4 lb)
          
         
            
               Coast S of Pucusana
            
               13May09
          
         
            
               Also along Eastern US coast
               where numbers are decreasing
               due to habitat loss..
          
         
            
               I‘m convinced that there is
               something about the sort of
               conscious necessary for birding
               that is very much like the
               practice of faith.
            
                               (Debbie Blue)