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    This young common tern was alone on the beach this morning. Not another common in sight. He was pitifully begging for food from all the other species of terns that flew by.

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    Great pose, beautiful light, nice low angle.
    I know you wanted to express loneliness that's why you chose this crop.
    I like tighter crop in general, but it works for what your intention was.

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    Great light and detail. Crop is different, but expresses your title very nicely.

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    Tells a nice story. Nice clean beach with perfect EXP and head angle. Are all the skimmers gone?
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    Grace:

    Well chosen framing and scale to communicate the message/feeling of the image.

    Excellent techs.

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    Love the light, clean beach and expression on this little guy.
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    Lovely image the sapce on top could have been reduced .

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    Thanks everyone. I'm glad that the story I was hoping to tell translated. (Ram, I could have reduced the space on top but that was not the point in this image). I wonder had I not presented it with the title (and explanation) if it would have come across.

    Artie, not a skimmer in sight. Peeps literally by the thousands and a few oc's left.

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    That's what I figured on the skimmers. I will assume that the peeps are mostly Sanderling. I went here and found this:

    In the natural world, peeps are sandpipers, pure and simple. Actually, it’s not that simple. “Peeps” is the birding term used to describe several species of sandpiper of the genus Calidris that are near impossible to tell apart. These small shorebirds all have short legs and similar plumage and frequent mud flats in search of the same food. Traditionally, the five species of peeps in North America are Baird’s, Least, Semipalmated, Western, and White-rumped sandpipers. Sometimes the Sanderling is added to the list. International birders include four Eurasian sandpipers, called stints, on the peeps roster.

    I do not include Sanderling on my roster of peeps preferring to stick with the five small NA sandpipers plus the stints (if you should be so lucky).

    Is this a matter or semantics and a bit of shorebird minutiae? Surely. But it will be interesting to some nonetheless.

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    From your list of "peeps" I saw least, (maybe 20) semi plam sp (too many to count) and wr sandpiper (1). Plus semipalm plovers (hundreds if not thousands), and of course sanderlings (too many to count). The one bird that I had hoped for (the buff breasted) did not make an appearance in the am.

    I always thought that the term "peeps" just meant small shorebirds...thanks for the edification.

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    Thanks, When last seen the buff-breasted was well down the beach to the west, way west of the western colony.
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    Hi Grace , the loneliness beautifully captured and conveyed, the open bill adds to this feeling.

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    Crop works well for the story intended. Perfect HA, I like the open bill, and good job with the techs.

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