For this wildlife of the week post, let's look at some beach birds! These four kinds of birds were enjoying the same beach on a sunny day: the Willet, Brown Pelican, Ring-Billed Gull, and the Laughing Gull. The Willet   This Willet was running along the shoreline, being cute. To eat, they use their bill to probe for food, which in the water includes things like crabs, small fish, insects, and more. [1] As babies, Willets leave the nest within only 2 days! [ 2 ] Scientific Name: Tringa semipalmata Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Seen:  Running after, along, and into the waves. Month:  April '26 Range:  The Willet can be found throughout a large portion of the west and midwestern United States, as well as most of the United States coastline. [ 3 ] Its range extends upwards into Canada as well as southwards along the coastlines of Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and much of South America.   The Brown Pelican Seeing Brown Pelicans is ...