I don't want to over-saturate the forum with my phalarope images, but this little fella was too charming not to share another one (or two!!) The "saucer" is the remnant of the tell tale "vortex" these guys create when quickly spinning around the water to stir up small prey items. It had just plucked one of those items from the water, hence the "bead".
Canon 7D + 100-400L @360mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/8, ISO 800 (settings histogram checked), natural light, handheld.







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Fall shorebird migration is best for that as many of the juveniles are quite tame by nature. Thanks for the kudos.

