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Turnstones get their name because they feed among the seaweed covered rocky outcroppings of the costal shoreline where they "turnover stones" looking for food. Their bill is evolved for this purpose, being short, fine-tipped and slightly upturned.

Both the Black Turnstone Arnaria melanocephala and the Ruddy Turnstone (next page) were photographed the same day on the same isolated stretch in front of the of the Montage Hotel, Laguna Beach, CA

Turnstone Black

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