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Geese flying out over the SF bay from Crab Cove in Alameda at sunset.

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Underrated because they’re not the prettiest birds (and they tend to steal tourists’ food out of their hands!), but they do have some interesting behaviors.

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The tiny drama on the shoreline

At the beach of Oranjezon in Zeeland, I stumbled into a miniature comedy act starring two birds with very different personalities. In Dutch we call them a Steenloper and a Drieteenstrandloper — but internationally they’re known as the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) and the Sanderling (Calidris alba).

The Turnstone was doing its usual business: flipping over shells and stones with impressive determination, searching for hidden snacks. But right behind it — practically glued to its tail — the Sanderling trotted along, refusing to be shooed away. The back-and-forth between them felt like watching a feathered version of the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote, tiny legs moving at ridiculous speeds.

Photographically, this was a fun challenge. A dark grey day, the sea rolling in behind them, and me lying low with the Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 100–400mm at 400mm. Because of the poor light I had to work with a slower shutter speed (1/250s). Tracking two hyperactive birds at that focal length is like trying to thread a needle in a storm — but somehow it worked. The legs slightly blurred just enough to show their speed, while the birds themselves stayed sharp.

I’m honestly proud of this one. A little slice of nature, comedy, and chaos — exactly as it happened on that windy Zeeland beach.

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European herring gull on the pebble beach in Brighton. Taken on our trip to the UK.

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More birds from Ocean Beach.

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Another in-flight shot from Ocean Beach, SF

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In flight shot of a crow taken from Ocean Beach, SF.

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The sand gets everywhere - even if you’re a crow on the beach.

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🖤 Shoreline Sentinel
A hooded crow pauses on a “Beware steep slope” sign before taking flight along the sandy Mediterranean shore. From silhouette to soaring wings, these intelligent corvids bring unexpected moments of wonder to every coastline.
Shot on my #Canon #R5MarkII | #AMIR2000NLPhotography
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🖤 Shoreline Sentinel
A hooded crow pauses on a “Beware steep slope” sign before taking flight along the sandy Mediterranean shore. From silhouette to soaring wings, these intelligent corvids bring unexpected moments of wonder to every coastline.
Shot on my #Canon #R5MarkII | #AMIR2000NLPhotography
#HoodedCrow #BirdsOfIsrael #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Corvids #BeachBirds #CanonPhotography #TelAviv #NatureLovers #SeaSide 1/2

Was at Ocean Beach in SF for my son’s ultimate frisbee tournament on Saturday, taking photos of the games, when I spotted these willets in the surf at the water line. Went down between games and managed to get this one as it found food. I only had the RF100-400 with me too (not taking my good lenses to the sand and spray just yet).

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Pigeon portrait.

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The birds! 🖤 These are my bird friends at the beach. #birds #beach #seagulls #beachbirds #beachlover #beachphotography

Black and white photo of the beach with a bunch of seagulls flying over the ocean.

Perfect bird interpretation of the after-holiday-whirlwind mood on this third day of Christmas.

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Two Black Skimmers (tern-like bird, white throat and face, black and white body, long tail, very long bill that is black with orange close to the face, and the lower mandible is longer than the upper) are laying flat on the sand at the edge of a sand dune dotted with green beach grass, and and third one on the right is curled up in a ball, a juvenile (mottled pale brown, and white) is laying behind them between two clumps of grass.

Some days life is just too much.

@CTGT and I laughed when we came across a small group of Black Skimmers laid out flat on the sand in the front of their sand dune nesting area. Others entertained us with their barking laugh calls and mock air battles. Totally charming birds.

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Skimming for an afternoon snack …

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An adult Black Skimmer (tern-like bird, white throat and face, black and white body, long tail, very long bill that is black with orange close to the face, and the lower mandible is longer than the upper) with its beak in the ocean to a scoop up a fish.

Bird of the Day — Sanderling, Georgia 2020
Air-surfer

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gray bird in flight over the surf line, with long white wing stripe and black legs and bill

While my daughter was surfing, I was watching this Great Knot snacking on muscles #birdnerd #birdwatching #beachbirds

A Laughing Gull peeks from behind it's outstretched wing to have it's face highlighted by the bright, morning sunshine. This was definitely a serendipitous moment to capture. Photographed on the Florida Gulf coast.

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