Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Common along the immediate coast in North Carolina. Two distinct subspecies are found in North America. The Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) breeds in marshes in the Dakotas & southern Canadian prairie provinces to the interior of California and winters along both coasts. Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) breeds along the Atlantic & Gulf coasts and winters in South America.

	Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2007
	Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2007
	Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2007

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
New Hanover Co., NC
13 Oct 2007

	Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) Collier Co., FL 8 Oct 2006
	Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) Collier Co., FL 8 Oct 2006

	Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) Collier Co., FL 2 Jan 2006
	Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata) Collier Co., FL 2 Jan 2006

	Western Willets (Tringa semipalmata inornata) on the beach with Ring-billed and Laughing Gulls. Collier Co., FL 30 Dec 2005

	Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Willets in breeding plumage are heavily marked with spots.
	Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008

Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)
Carteret Co., NC
19 July 2008

	Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) Carteret Co., NC 18 July 2008
	Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) Carteret Co., NC 18 July 2008
	Eastern Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) Carteret Co., NC 18 July 2008

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