Long-billed Curlew

[Bo Zarts]

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Texas Gulf Coast - February 2026
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[2naSalit]

1. If I was still...

A Ranger at YNP, I would be asking you for permission to use some of your bird pictures in my Ranger Talk on birds! This is beautiful, I've never seen such detail with this species.

[Laffy Kat]

2. I have never seen or heard about that bird.

Thanks so much for posting!

[Gato Moteado]

3. wow! killer shot!

[UniqueUserName]

4. I've always loved this poem by Longfellow. . .

. . . The Tide Rises the Tide Falls.

Here's the first stanza:

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

---- now I know what a curlew looks like. Thanks 🙂