Hello, I will be the first to admit that my shore bird indentification is lacking to say the least. So if my title is not correct please let me know, nicely of course. Taken at Fort Myers Beach. It is a pleasure to lay in the sand and shot these little guys.
7D, iso:400, 1/3200, 700mm, f/5.6. Thank you for looking and comments are welcome.
I find it a bit of challenge to judge size of a single isolated bird in a photo, so often that doesn't help me with ID. The colors/ bill length makes great sense.
Good angle of shooting, nice HA and eye contact, Gary. Great overall picture.
I would use linear burn on the white underpart of the bird if it were mine, but it is perconal preferance, I guess.
Hi Gary, good shooting angle, and I like the various colours on him. The droplet on the end of the bill is a nice touch. Your repost does look better with the additional sharpening.
With my limited experience of American waders (shorebirds) in the field, I would also suggest Western Sandpiper BUT - Jan - bill lengths vary greatly among the various races of Dunlin, with the more northerly Greenland and Scandinavian races 'alpina' having the longer bills. The race that breads in the UK, 'schinzii' has a shorter bill, the same proportions as the bird in the photograph. With a bird in this situation it is obviously difficult to get an accurate assessment of its size.