The Whimbrel was photographed at Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan
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The Whimbrel is a large gray-brown wader with a long decurved bill, striped head, and gray legs. It has a range of the Arctic circumpolar and can be found on the United States coasts in the winter. It has a habitat of shores, mud flats, marshes, prairies, and tundra. Its diet includes insects, crustaceans, and berries. It feeds more by picking, less by probing.
Photos of Birds by Common Name by Sid Hamm 