Long-billed Curlew
Photographs taken on Limantour Spit, Point Reyes, during a King Tide in late January 2023. Click on the large image to enlarge it, once or twice.
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Too big to swallow
Just captured, this mole crab (also called a sand crab) is too big for this Long-billed Curlew to swallow immediately. When this happens, other curlews attempt to steal the crab. Fightings can be quite dramatic.
Longbilled Curlewmole crabsand crabEmerita analogaLimantour BeachPoint ReyesCA
