One-legged Willet
by Dennis Plank
Actually, both legs were there, but one seemed at least temporarily incapacitated. Later, I think I saw the sme bird tentatively using it. There were a lot of washed up jellyfish on the beach (Padre Island National Seashore) and it may have been stung. If so, it was used to it, because it certainly got around well on one leg. This was the take-off when it was running. It would swing its leg far forward in the air, let his leg collapse a little as momentum moved his body past center, then do another spring forward.
7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held wading in the surf, f/8, 1/1000, iso 640, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Taken at 8:26 am on April 13th, 2017.
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