[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. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

[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. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "European" Whimbrel was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 8, 2004)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "European" Whimbrel was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 8, 2004)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "European" Whimbrel was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 8, 2004)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "European" Whimbrel was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 8, 2004)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Whimbrel was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: April 19, 2010)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

Whimbrels occur in North America, northern Europe, and locally through northern Siberia. The Eurasian race was once considered a separate species form the North American race. In North America they breed on the Arctic Tundra across northern Alaska, far northwestern Canada, and along the western shores of Hudson's Bay in Canada. They winter along both coasts of the US, from Virginia to Texas in the east, and all along the California coast in the west. This "North American" Whimbrel was photographed on the beach during fall migration at Chincoteague NWR in Virginia. Photo taken with a 300mm f5.6 Soligor lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1976)