Long-Billed Curlew

Scientific Name: Numenius americanus	Family: Scolopacidae	Order: Charadriiformes
Size: 20-26 inches.	Range: Winters along Western U.S. coast. Summers inland in Western U.S.	Habitat: "Marshes, tideflats."

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Photo 1 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2014-01-20

Photo 2 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2014-01-20

Photo 3 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 4 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 5 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 6 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 7 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2013-01-20

Photo 8 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 9 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

I don't see how that long bill helps them catch crabs but I guess it works.

Photo 10 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2005-01-13

Photo 11 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2005-01-14

Photo 12 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2013-01-20

Photo 13 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2014-01-17

Photo 14 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 15 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 16 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 17 of 29. Location: Hayward Shoreline. Date: 2009-02-28

Photo 18 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 19 of 29. Location: Hayward Shoreline. Date: 2009-02-28

Photo 20 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 21 of 29. Location: Hayward Shoreline. Date: 2004-04-10

Photo 22 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 23 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 24 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2004-01-16

Photo 25 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2005-01-13

Photo 26 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2004-01-17

Photo 27 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16

Photo 28 of 29. Location: Morro Rock. Date: 2005-01-14

Photo 29 of 29. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2009-01-16