Surfbirds & Black Turnstone (Calidris virgata, Arenaria melanocephala)

Oh!! Many congratulations on your new Lifer John.

Not a bird we see coming in here very often either and you've got a nice picture of them. Many thanks for sharing it.

Thanks, Delia, but these birds aren't a recent lifer. They were, however, at the time I took the photo (note the date: August 19, 2009, and the fact that they were #208 and #209 on my life list, compared to where I am now). Whenever I see a new bird, I always try to capture a photo to memorialize the occasion. I'm slowly uploading these "lifer shots" to the gallery.