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Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Grey plover Plovers Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Zilverplevier Plevieren Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Pluvialis squatarola Charadriidae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Port Aransas, Texas, USA

2015:10:25 15:43:28
Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/800 sec at F5.0, ISO 250, distance 44.67 m

Brouwersdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

2015:01:23 13:12:23
Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/1250 sec at F10.0, ISO 320, distance 28.18 m

Huguenot Memorial Park, Jacksonville

2014:01:31 18:07:12
Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F10.0, ISO 640, distance 29.85 m

Little Talbot Island State Park, Jacksonville

2014:01:30 15:33:01
Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1250 sec at F4.0, ISO 640, distance 29.85 m

The silver plover is a beautiful bird in the summer, but in the winter just a stander: brown with white. It is a large bird, with its 30 cm it sticks well above the canoeing and three -rider walkers.

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