Ernie Janes / Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) feeding at sunset Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Nick Hawkins / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) calling in a saltmarsh near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August

Claudio Contreras / Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Guerrero Negro, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, March

Angelo Gandolfi / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) feeding in the surf, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. March,

LYNN M. STONE / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) standing on limestock rocks covered with algae; Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Roger Powell / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) walking through vegetation on a sandbar, Cedar Key, Levy County, Florida, USA. April

Melvin Grey / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) adult in breeding plumage. Waterloo, Trinidad, March.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Willet (Tringa semipalmata) giving alarm calls from a fence post. Sublette County, Wyoming, USA. June.

Ernie Janes / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) stretching wings, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) in flight, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) feeding at sunset Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) roosting on coastal rocks. Monterey County, California. November.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) foraging in a prairie wetland. Alberta, Canada. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) perched on coastal rocks. Monterey County, California, USA. November.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) juvenile, in flooded pasture. Sublette County, Wyoming, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on fence post. Sublette County, Wyoming. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on fence post. Sublette County, Wyoming. June.

Claudio Contreras / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja Califonia Peninsula, Mexico, May

Pete Oxford / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) feeding, Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia, USA, April.

Pete Oxford / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia, USA, April.

LYNN M. STONE / Southern Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) standing on sand in salt grass (Spartina sp.) Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.

Tim Laman / Marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa) and Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) feeding on the beach at Moss Landing at sunset, California.

Tim Laman / American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa), and Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus). Moss Landing, California.

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

Doug Wechsler / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA. May.

Sylvain Cordier / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on beach. Puerto San Carlos, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.