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$Taxon name: Ruddy Turnstone\nTaxon scientific name: Arenaria interpres\nLocation: Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida, USA$

$Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres interpres) breeding plumage adult on rocky shore\$

Reddish turnstone Arenaria interpres on the Agua Amarga beach in Alicante, Spain

$L 21-24cm, WS 43-49cm.\nBreeds on mainly stony or rocky coasts and in treeless archipelagos: wary, keeping watch from top of shore or boulder.\nWinters in a variety of coastal habitats.\nFood highly varied; uses bill to turn over stones or seaweed to obtain prey beneath.\nNest on ground.\n\nThis is a Bird that mostly is to be seen along (stony) Coasts in the Netherlands in Winter. \nThe Picture is made during a short Stay on the Isle of Texel (the Netherlands) in October 2021.$