Sandwich Tern

 Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) is one of six species of crested tern.  Spotted here in Punta Gorda....slender black bill with yellow tip.

All About Birds link

I suspect this is one of the southern and Caribbean subspecies, Sterna sanvicensis acuflavida.  

Although not uncommon, and of least concern....I rarely see them among the SW Florida terns.

Butterflies and blooms at the Furama Resort, Danang, Vietnam

Dunlin or Curlew Sandpiper?

 Birding in early December at Port Charlotte (Florida) Beach Complex on Charlotte Harbor.  Found some "peeps" feeding on the shore.  Are these Dunlins (Calidris alpina), as I suspect?  Or....could they be Curlew Sandpipers (Calidris ferruginea) ?  Dunlins are not uncommon here, but Curlew Sandpipers certainly are.

 We checked out Sibley and Peterson Field Guides....very similar appearing birds.

Size comparison with 7.25" Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus.)

 Dunlin wiki link

 Curlew Sandpiper wiki link

 Audubon Curlew Sandpiper page

Curlew Sandpiper range map.  Seeing this bird on Florida's Gulf Coast would make it a rare stray!

 Here I don't see a supercillium, but maybe this is a bird just coming into non-breeding plumage?  And the legs are yellow, not black....maybe a Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) but it's bigger than I would expect???

Supercillium?

 Audubon Dunlin page

Dunlin winter range in Blue

Got to say I am unsure on this ID.....odds on favorite would be Dunlin!  What do you think, my birding friends?