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 “Dunlin� comes from the species� first old English name “dunling�, meaning “gray-brown diminutive-ling� (also known as “little brown job� for the birders out there!)