Dunlin Running

A small bird with a black belly and long black downturned bill runs across the ground, wings stretched out
Photo By/Credit

Peter Pearsall/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/28/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The name 鈥淒unlin鈥� comes from the species鈥� first old English name 鈥渄unling鈥�, meaning 鈥済ray-brown diminutive-ling鈥� (also known as 鈥渓ittle brown job鈥� for the birders out there!)