John Chan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) plucking Dowitcher (Limnodromus) prey, Southern California, USA.

Alan Murphy / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) foraging, Texas

LYNN M. STONE / Long-billed dowitcher {Limnodromus scolopaceus} Florida, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Long billed dowitcher feeding in water {Limnodromus scolopaceus} Texas, USA.

John Shaw / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus). Gilbert Water Ranch, Arizona, USA. January.

John Shaw / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus). Gilbert Water Ranch, Arizona, USA. January.

John Shaw / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus). Gilbert Water Ranch, Arizona, USA. January.

John Shaw / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in flight, with black-necked stilt in background. Gilbert Water Ranch, Arizona, USA. January.

John Chan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) feeding on Dowitcher (Limnodromus) prey, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Western gulls (Larus occidentalis) roosting on a mudflat, with Dowitchers (Scolopacidae) foraging nearby, Southern California, USA, April.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) flying, Texas

Melvin Grey / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) adult, breeding plumage, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, May.

Doug Wechsler / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Short billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding on Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.

Doug Wechsler / Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA, May.

Doug Wechsler / Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA, May.

Gerrit Vyn / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) on mudflats. Grays Harbor County, Washington. May.

Roger Powell / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) walking along the sandy tideline, Cedar Key, Levy County, Florida, USA, April

Roger Powell / Short-billed dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus) migratory flock on the tideline, Cedar Key, Levy County, Florida, USA, April

Roger Powell / Short-billed dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus) among other migrant shorebirds, Cedar Key, Levy County, Florida, USA April

Melvin Grey / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) adult, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Melvin Grey / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) adult, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, May.

Tim Zurowski / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) foraging, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Zurowski / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) foraging, British Columbia, Canada

Pete Oxford / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia, USA, April.

Pete Oxford / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding, Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia, USA, April.

Matthew Studebaker / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Alan Murphy / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Texas

Filippo Nucifora / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Loic Poidevin / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Jacob S. Spendelow / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Alan Murphy / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Texas

Alan Murphy / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Texas

Glenn Bartley / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Manitoba, Canada

Jan Wegener / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Florida

Jan Wegener / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Florida

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) foraging, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) pair in snow, Alaska

Claudio Contreras / Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December.

Loic Poidevin / Short billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) and Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) on beach at Pointe Pelee, Ontario, Canada, May

Claudio Contreras / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) foraging in mud. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, October.

Gerrit Vyn / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) adult foraging in breeding plumage. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA May

Doug Wechsler / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs with other birds in the background. Delaware Bay, New Jersey, May.

LYNN M. STONE / Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) standing in water. Goleta, California, USA, December.

Doug Wechsler / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) foraging on shoreline, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in breeding plumage with its bill tucked into its feathers, Alaska

Roy Mangersnes / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in flight at breeding habitat off Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Roy Mangersnes / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in breeding habitat, Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska, USA. June

Jerry Monkman / Short-billed dowitcher {Limnodromus griseus} (front) and Willet {Catoptrophorus semipalmatus} roosting, Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA. Winter plumage.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Long billed dowitcher {Limnodromus scolopaceus} winter plumage, Sohar, Oman

Scott Leslie / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) foraging, Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) foraging, Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nova Scotia, Canada

Steven Kazlowski / Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) on tundra near Point Barrow, National Petroleum Reserves, Arctic Alaska

Rolf Nussbaumer / Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) eating, winter plumage, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. December 2001

LYNN M. STONE / Short billed dowitcher standing on one leg {Limnodromus griseus} Florida, USA

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Long-billed Dowitcher {Limnodromus scolopaceus} at waters edge, Sohar, Oman.

George McCarthy / Short billed dowitcher on one leg {Limnodromus griseus} Fort Myers Beach, Florida, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Long-billed Dowitcher {Limnodromus scolopaceus} wading with spring plumage, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

LYNN M. STONE / Long-billed dowitchers roosting {Limnodromus scolopaceus} Florida, USA.

David Kjaer / Short billed dowitcher {Limnodromus griseus} Texas, USA

Matthias Breiter / Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) and Dowitcher (Limnodromus sp) on submerged log, Potters Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska

Tim Fitzharris / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) flock sleeping in shallow water, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in breeding plumage, North America

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

Michael Quinton / Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) running in snow, Alaska

Tom Vezo / Short billed dowitcher in water {Limnodromus griseus} Churchill, Canada.

George McCarthy / Short billed dowitcher feeding {Limnodromus griseus} Everglades Florida USA

Robin Chittenden / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) summer plumage, on water squabbling with Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), Cley, Norfolk, UK. April.

Robin Chittenden / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) summer plumage, on water squabbling with Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), Cley, Norfolk, UK. April.

Robin Chittenden / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) in flight over water, Cley Marshes, Norfolk, UK. March.

Jussi Murtosaari / Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus). Uusimaa, Finland. October.