Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, shorebirds, birds, wildlife, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Neornithes
Family: Charadriiformes
Genus: Charadrius
Species: Charadrius semipalmatus
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Wandering Tattler.
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A bird that was truly a delight to shoot! This Semipalmated plover, a small migratory shorebird, was full of life and ran constantly about the high alpine meadows in which it spends the summers, feeding and chastising the world at the same time. Taken in Chittistone Pass, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. (Charadrius semipalmatus)