semi-palmated sandpiper flock
This photo is cropped. I didn't want to venture any closer and startle the birds. I sat quietly on a rock. They are on a feeding stop-over for 10-15 days after a journey from the Canadian sub-artic where they nest, getting ready for their 5000 Km journey south to the West Indies or the north-east coast of South America. They fill up on tiny mudshrimp when the tide is out and shelter themselves from predators along the rocky shoreline at high tide.
semi-palmated sandpiper flock
This photo is cropped. I didn't want to venture any closer and startle the birds. I sat quietly on a rock. They are on a feeding stop-over for 10-15 days after a journey from the Canadian sub-artic where they nest, getting ready for their 5000 Km journey south to the West Indies or the north-east coast of South America. They fill up on tiny mudshrimp when the tide is out and shelter themselves from predators along the rocky shoreline at high tide.