Long-billed Dowitcher is very similar to Short-billed Dowitcher, and they are most reliably separated by their flight calls. Bill length alone is not reliable. Both have a bobbing, drilling feeding motion from which their names are derived. Long-billed has a preference for fresh water.
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, FL
January 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Fort DeSoto Park, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
April 28, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitchers
Fort DeSoto Park, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
April 28, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitchers
Cutler Wetlands, Cutler Bay, FL
November 10, 2007©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, FL
January 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, FL
January 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, FL
January 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitchers
Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, AK
June 3, 2012 ©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, AK
June 3, 2012 ©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher – immature
STA-5, Hendry Couinty, FL
March 22, 2014 ©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitcher
STA-5, Hendry County, FL
December 27, 2014©John Schwarz
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Long-billed Dowitchers
STA-5, Hendry County, FL
December 27, 2014©John Schwarz
