Many male shorebird species use wing patterns as part of their courtship displays. The display colors often are located on the inside of the wings. The wings are outstretched or raised during the display. Here we have a Willet doing his best to attract the attention of a female. He’s as close to her as he can get when he begins (look close, she’s there). You can see that she turns out to have little apparent interest. These birds were photographed in North Dakota two weeks ago.

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