The rare and elusive Beach Stone Curlew. I was up at first light on holiday on Lady Elliot Island and spotted this bird a few hundred meters in front of me. There was open bush beside the beach and I was about to head into that to try and get within reasonable shooting distance when an early morning walker came around the corner from behind the bird and flushed it. I snapped this shot as it flew off. And that annoying fellow turned out to be my brother-in-law; had a bit of a strained laugh at the rotten timing.
1DXII 70-200mm f/2.8L II & 2xIII 400mm 1/2500 f5.6 iso800 massive crop