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Red Knots (Calidris canutus, winter plumage) foraging on beach at dawn, others arriving, Gulf of Mexico, Sanibel Island, Florida

Image Size: 5616x3744 / 10.1MB; www.cliffbeittel.com; American Knots Animalia Animals Aves Avifauna Birds Calidris canutus Charadriiformes Eastern birds Fauna Florida coast Gulf beaches Gulf of Mexico North American birds Red Knots Sandpiper Family Sanibel Island Scolopacidae Scolopacids South Florida Southeastern U.S. Southeastern states Southwest Florida Wildlife actions basic plumages beach birds beach robins behaviors behaviours bird photographs bird photos coastal Florida coastal birds color orange dawn daybreak first light flies flight shots flying flys forages foraging foraging in shallows foraging in surf in flights landing lands nonbreeding plumages orange colors sandpiper flocks sandpipers settles settling shorebird flocks shorebirds sunrise warm light winter plumages
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