Sanderling

Shorebirds are beginning to return here! On the same afternoon as the WATA, a few SAND's were with them, and kneeling on this "beach", they soon returned close to me. Since, this area has a sewage discharge pipe and it's a jetty (the end is 4 miles out and I am about 3/4 of the way at this spot), I wasn't prepared to lie on my belly to get a lower angle at this beach!

Also, I should explain that there is a flat gravel path all along the jetty housing the sewage pipe, and riding a bicycle out is quite easy. The Rapid Strap certainly is the best harness that I have come across for this purpose, and carrying the 300mm f2.8 with camera attached is not a problem (the 500mm would be too heavy probably). The problem is clambering down to the "beach" over sharp rocks!

1D MkIV, 300mm + 1.4X, 1/1000 @ f8, ISO800, handheld, overcast sky early afternoon.

Thanks for looking; C & C please.