Gerrit Vyn Photography –

Gerrit Vyn is a conservation and wildlife photographer and cinematographer dedicated to telling the stories of endangered animals and habitats. He is a producer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers

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A flock of Far=eastern Curlews comming to roost in South Korea's Geum Estuary. This estuary, flanked by industrial development is the last remaing high quality habitat for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and other long distance migrant shorebirds in the ROK. October.
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A flock of Far=eastern Curlews comming to roost in South Korea's Geum Estuary. This estuary, flanked by industrial development is the last remaing high quality habitat for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and other long distance migrant shorebirds in the ROK. October.

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Dunlin
East Asian Australasian Flyway
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Numenius americanus
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