Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus and New Zealand falcon Falco novaezeelandiaeare also present. From Wordnik.com. [Tongariro National Park, New Zealand] Reference
Notable bird species composition includes snowcock (Tetragallus altaicus) and dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). From Wordnik.com. [Khangai Mountains alpine meadow] Reference
River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura. From Wordnik.com. [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference
Up to 74 shorebird species have been sighted here, with a peak of 40,000 migratory birds utilizing the Firth at one time, including the New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus VU) and more than half of New Zealand's wrybill population. From Wordnik.com. [Northland temperate kauri forests] Reference
Several migratory wader species are regular visitors to the island, principally are double-banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus, eastern golden plover Pluvialis dominica, turnstone Arenaria interpres, whimbrel Numenius phaeopus and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Howe Island Group, Australia] Reference
Such are the dotterel (Eudromias morinellus), several species of phalarope, an. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
The objectives are not clear in visual and environment in general is quite dotterel. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
These include the snow bunting, dotterel, mountain hare and mountain ringlet butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news] Reference
Here are, amongst others, the beautiful golden-ringed and dotterel plovers of Europe, and the. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
It has even been put forward that the colours of their eggs are intended to deceive; and those of the dotterel, laid on the open beach, are often mentioned as an instance. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
As we pursued our journey homewards on the following day, we passed several flights of dotterel making to the south, this being the first migration we had observed in that direction. From Wordnik.com. [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference
Thene ate only two binds of paffage, the woodoocfk aiid the dotterel, ever fecn hdret the firflJrtqdentr the woods, and 'are few in number J the fecomf appear in vaft numbers dn the heights. From Wordnik.com. [The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes] Reference
Horace, for so he calls himself, bid us “mingle our purposes with folly;” and whereas he adds the word bravem, short, perhaps to help out the verse, he might as well have let it alone; and again, “’Tis a pleasant thing to play the fool in the right season;” and in another place, he had rather “be accounted a dotterel and sot than to be wise and made mouths at.”. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise of Folly] Reference
You can find Tim on Twitter @dotterel. From Wordnik.com. [Writing Therapy: Blog Book Tour | The Creative Penn] Reference
This poor dotterel, Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
Do but hear the chiming dotterel gabble in rhyme. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5] Reference
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