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Should you visit Hawaii in the fall and winter months, you may have the opportunity to see the Pacific Golden Plover. This beautiful bird was named "Kolea" by early Hawaiians who noted that individual birds return to the same place in the islands year after year. This species is a wader and forages for food on tundra, fields, The Pacific golden plover is a migratory shorebird that breeds in Siberia and western Alaska in the summer months and winters on islands across the Pacific (including Hawaii), Southeast Asia and northeastern Africa. Most easily confused with Black-bellied and American Golden-Plover. Note more slender bill and more golden tones than Black-bellied. Pacific Golden-Plover is slightly shorter-winged and longer-legged than American Golden-Plover, but difficult to judge. Juvenile Pacific usually brighter than American. (Redirected from User:Pacificgoldenplover) Jump to: navigation, search. Contents. 1 PacificGoldenPlover's Userpage. 2 Previous Competitions. 2.1 7th grade (Ladera Vista Junior High school.) 2.2 8th grade (Ladera Vista Junior High School.) pacific golden plover- beddington farmlands Well we seem to have come to a conclusion that the mystery plover is London's second ever Pacific Golden Plover and the first one since 1870! That's another first for Beddington. The Pacific Golden Plover is a slender upright shorebird (wader), with a rounded head, slim neck, short fine bill and long legs. It has large eyes. In breeding plumage, the underparts from the tail to the chin including the eye are black with white flecking on the tail. Commonly seen during the winter months, the kolea, or Pacific golden-plover is found on lawns, golf courses, fields, and even rooftops. They are less than a foot long and you'll most likely seem them in their golden mottled feathers. BirdNote ® Flying South with Pacific Golden-Plovers. Written by Bob Sundstrom. This is BirdNote! [Pacific Golden-Plover calls] Flying south over the Pacific Ocean from No