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Ruddy Turnstone
[Arenaria interpres]

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruddy Turnstone was photographed at On beach near Bolivar Flats Reserve, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 19, 2005)

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Ruddy Turnstone
[Arenaria interpres]

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruddy Turnstone was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=405mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2006)

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Ruddy Turnstone
[Arenaria interpres]

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruddy Turnstone was photographed at Isla Blanca County Park, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 27, 2008)

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Ruddy Turnstone
[Arenaria interpres]

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This Ruddy Turnstone in flight was photographed at the Route 48 Boat Launch area, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 13, 2013)

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Whimbrel - Asian
[Numenius phaeopus variegatus]

[Length 16.75 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Whimbrel was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

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Whimbrel - Asian
[Numenius phaeopus variegatus]

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "Asian" Whimbrel was photographed from the Northwest Point seawatch at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

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Whimbrel - Asian
[Numenius phaeopus variegatus]

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "Asian" Whimbrel in flight was photographed from the Northwest Point seawatch at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

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Whimbrel - Asian
[Numenius phaeopus variegatus]

[Length 16.75 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Whimbrel was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 14, 2017)

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