[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at Indian Point Park, Corpus Christi, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 29, 2009)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This winter plumaged Piping Plover was photographed at Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi, Texas Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

Semipalmated Plovers breed on the Arctic tundra across Canada and Alaska. They are common spring and fall migrants throughout the US and southern Canada. This one was photographed near a nest site at Churchill, Manitoba. Photo taken with a 180 f2.8 Nikkor EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Semipalmated Plover was photographed at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1976)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Semipalmated Plover was photographed on Middleton Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Semipalmated Plover was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 6, 2008)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Semipalmated Sandpiper was photographed at the Kennedy Causeway, Corpus Christi, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 22, 2009)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Semipalmated Plover was photographed at Indian Point Park, Corpus Christi, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 29, 2009)