Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Willet (Catotrophorus semipalmatus) standing in water, Texas, USA, January

Pete Oxford / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} male displaying to female, Texas, USA

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} on nest in long grass, Long Is, New York, USA

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

LYNN M. STONE / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) foraging at surf's edge, feeding on mole crab (Emerita sp), Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

Rob Tilley / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) foraging on beach, Naples, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) with a crab in its beak, in shallow water, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Scott Leslie / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) in breeding plumage flying, Everglades National Park, Florida

Scott Leslie / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) flock with a few Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) on beach, Flamingo Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida

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

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

Jerry Monkman / Willets {Tringa semipalmatus} roosting on beach in sea mist with appartment block in background, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, USA

Jerry Monkman / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

Tom Vezo / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) feeding at shoreline, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Rolf Nussbaumer / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) with invertebrate, winter plumage, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) with winter plumage, standing on one leg, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) in flight, winter plumage, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Willet (Tringa semipalmatus) with winter plumage, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. December 1998

Tom Vezo / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) wading amid reeds in wetland, South Padre Island, Texas

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} standing among vegetation at water's edge, Long Island, New York, USA

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} Long Island, New York, USA.

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} perching on post in rain, Long Island, New York, USA.

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} standing on fence post, Texas, USA

Tom Vezo / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} standing in shallow water, Long Island, NY, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Willet roosting {Tringa semipalmatus} Florida, USA.

LYNN M. STONE / Willet standing on one leg {Tringa semipalmatus} Florida, USA.

David Kjaer / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} winter plumage, Texas, USA

George McCarthy / Willet {Tringa semipalmatus} Everglades, Florida, USA

George McCarthy / Willet, Everglades, Florida, USA

Scott Leslie / Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Florida

Scott Leslie / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) flock, Florida

Hiroya Minakuchi / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on beach, Costa Rica

Hiroya Minakuchi / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on beach, Costa Rica

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

Murray Cooper / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) on shoreline, Ecuador