tombstones
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Bingo: They were ruddy turnstones, sandpipers whose tricolor markings are sometimes compared to those of a calico cat.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023
Not any droppings would do; it had to be fresh excrement, ideally from ruddy turnstones and red knots, another sandpiper species.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023
Alderfer takes a slightly more impressionistic approach in ink, pencil or crayon drawings, one of which depicts turnstones in profusion among oyster shells on the Eastern Shore.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
Others sound like rocks: calidrids, turnstones, and curlews.
From The Verge • Jun. 26, 2016
Ruddy turnstones called sleepily from their scattered roosts, and sandpipers whistled.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
