Favorite Shot of the Year: Life on the Estuary

Dunlin practicing maneuvers over the estuary on a cold winter's day. Skagit Valley, Washington State, USA.

 

Usually I seek out to photograph the murmuration that these sandpipers typically fly in but I really love this unique look of each bird and the reeds on this bleak winter's day.

 

Nikon d850 | Nikon 500mm | f5.6 | 1/5000 sec. | ISO 1000

 

Click twice to zoom in. ;)

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