Identification - It is about the size of a slender duck with long gray legs and a very long, downcurved bill. In flight, look for its bright cinnamon wing-linings. Sexes appear similar, although the female can be separated from the male by her obviously larger bill when the pair are seen together.
Morsels - Shorebird young are precocial, that is they hatch fully feathered and can run, swim, and feed for themselves soon after. Precocial chicks come from proportionately larger eggs and spend a longer time in the egg than do chicks that spend time in the nest being fed and brooded by the adults after they hatch.
