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This evolving feature from Surfbirds readers is a celebration of shorebirds/waders. Many thanks to Ian Boustead for these images from Orange County/Salton Sea, California (November 2001).

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - Bolsa Chica, Orange County, California, US, Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead	Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) - Bolsa Chica, Orange County, California, US, Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - San Joaquin Reserve, Orange County, California, US Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead	Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - Bolsa Chica, Orange County, California, US Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) - Salton Sea, California, Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead	Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) - San Joaquin Reserve, Orange County, California, Nov' 2001 © Ian Boustead
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