Sometimes bird names just seem wrong: it only takes one look at a Short-billed Dowitcher to notice it’s not a short-billed shorebird! The name is meant to distinguish it from the Long-billed Dowitcher, but it’s only a subtle difference. Female dowitchers have longer bills than males, so if you see one with an absurdly long-looking bill, it’s probably a female Long-billed. In saltwater environments, Short-billed Dowitchers feed most heavily during falling and rising tides, rapidly probing mudflats with their long bills in a sewing-machinelike motion. During highest and lowest tides, they rest and preen in flocks.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Short-billed_Dowitcher