From Little Estero Lagoon last month. Not much happening there on this visit, but I love these mid-sized plovers with their seemingly outsized bills that they use to probe for Fiddler's Crabs and other crustaceans. This frame shows the lovely reddish brown nape of the male in breeding plumage.
Pretty sweet image here Bill! Good profile pose, and I love all the vegetation adding colour throughout the frame. I imagine you had to lighten the belly a bit?