Long-billed Curlew

Millet Pond, Walla Walla County, WA. 5-7-16.

 

I never realized the long-billed curlews have such beautiful underwing feathers. Curlews preform courtship displays in which they rapidly flap their wings, exposing these feathers.

 

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