turnstone
Rock-flipping wader bird
A turnstone is a small shorebird that feeds by flipping over stones, shells, and seaweed to find invertebrates hidden beneath.
Two species exist: the ruddy turnstone, with striking orange-and-black breeding plumage, and the black turnstone of the Pacific coast.
Turnstones worked the rocky beach, methodically overturning debris.
Coastal bird species
- sandpiperSmall wading shorebird
- waderShallow-water walker
- ploverCompact coastal wading bird
- BlackAfrican descent identifier
plumage · beak · feathers · wingbeat · foraging · nesting · roosting · flock
Zone between high and low watermarks
- rockpoolCoastal hollow holding seawater
- tidepoolCoastal rock hollow holding seawater
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- seashoreOcean's edge
shingle · foreshore · jetty · breakwater · pier · kelp · barnacle · mussel
Seeking wild food sources
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- feedingGiving food to
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
- crustaceansExoskeleton-bearing aquatic arthropods
insects · prey · scavenging · carrion · opportunistic
Movement to new territory
- flywayEstablished bird migration path
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
stopover · overwintering · long-distance · seasonal · navigation · flock · hemispheric · circumpolar
shorebird
Coastal bird species
Black · plumage · beak · feathers · wingbeat · foraging · nesting · roosting · flock · birdwatching
intertidal
Zone between high and low watermarks
- rockpoolCoastal hollow holding seawater
- tidepoolCoastal rock hollow holding seawater
- shorelineLand-water boundary
seashore · shingle · foreshore · jetty · breakwater · pier · kelp · barnacle · mussel · seaweed
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- feedingGiving food to
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
crustaceans · insects · prey · scavenging · carrion · opportunistic
migration
Movement to new territory
breeding · stopover · overwintering · long-distance · seasonal · navigation · flock · hemispheric · circumpolar · journey
- coastal wildlifepelican, grey seal, seagull, gull, sandpiper
- beach scavengersseagull, gull, crab, hermit crab, ghost crab
- shorebirdssandpiper, sandpipers, plover, plovers, curlew
- Ploversplover, killdeer, lapwing, dotterel
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- migratory birdsarctic tern, Canada goose, barn swallow, snow goose, sandhill crane