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Long-billed Curlew, Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve 10/11/06. One of 5 individuals standing apart from the other shorebirds at the bay. All had long decurved bills, indicating this species, although at least one had crown stripes reminiscent of Whimbrel.
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