Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
The long-billed dowitcher is a chunky, medium-sized sandpiper distinguished by a sturdy bill that extends twice the length of its head.
The tip pf a long-billed dowitcher bill has many tactile receptors called herbst corpuscles that allow dowitcher to locate prey by touch.
Long-billed dowitchers eat mostly insects and aquatic invertebrates. They probe deeply into wet, muddy or sandy substrate for invertebrates, sometimes probing so deeply that their heads are underwater.
This bird walks slowly, lifting its head up and down like a sewing machine needle when it sews.
The long-billed dowitcher is a chunky, medium-sized sandpiper distinguished by a sturdy bill that extends twice the length of its head.
The tip pf a long-billed dowitcher bill has many tactile receptors called herbst corpuscles that allow dowitcher to locate prey by touch.
Long-billed dowitchers eat mostly insects and aquatic invertebrates. They probe deeply into wet, muddy or sandy substrate for invertebrates, sometimes probing so deeply that their heads are underwater.
This bird walks slowly, lifting its head up and down like a sewing machine needle when it sews.
