WILLET NO. 2

The Willet is one of the quiet marvels of America's coastlines-tall, elegant, and endlessly intriguing.

Often seen patrolling the surf on long gray legs, the Willet moves with a calm confidence, but when it takes flight, it reveals a stunning secret: bold black-and-white wing patterns that flash like a watercolor wash against the sky. These shorebirds inhabit beaches, tidal flats, salt marshes, and barrier islands across both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, migrating thousands of miles to nest in grasslands and coastal dunes. Did you know Willets were once hunted almost to disappearance in the early 1900s, but conservation efforts brought them back from the brink? Today, their echoing "pill-will-willet!" call is once again a familiar sound along North America's shores.