Black — Turnstone

Unlike its world-traveling cousin, the Ruddy Turnstone, the Black Turnstone keeps a strictly local profile, sticking almost exclusively to the western edge of North America.

: They are among the few shorebirds strong enough to hammer or pry open barnacles, limpets, and mussels from wave-washed rocks. black turnstone

: A stout, robin-sized bird with short legs and a slightly upturned, wedge-shaped bill. Unlike its world-traveling cousin, the Ruddy Turnstone, the

The Black Turnstone has one of the most limited breeding ranges of any shorebird, making it a high-priority species for conservationists at groups like Audubon . Breeding in the Arctic Unlike its world-traveling cousin