Dunlin with max bokeh

[Dorian Anderson]

Another one from South Padre Island in Texas. Green half of frame is a distant dune covered in beach grasses.

This was the only frame of several hundred where the feeding bird 1) has it's head up and 2) looked generally in my direction

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/4000 at f/5.6, ISO 800
Processed in LR CC. Cloned catchlight reflection but nothing else.