Abundance: Very common Season: Year round Habitat: Shore or mudflat Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay Slide #26.01.45 - Adult male (right) and female (left) alternate (Jun 3). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.01.37 - Adult male (right) and female (left) basic (Jan 21). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.01.58 - Adult male, alternate on stick nest (Jun 29). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.01.23 - eggs in scrape nest with few sticks (Jun 4). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.01.40 - chick. Photograph © Larry Shaw. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.