marsh sandpiper

It's still our wet season and haven't been able to get out with the camera for a while now , looks like another grey day but at least here I know that it will be sunny again.

Although preferring fresh water a single bird is often to be found at W. Point at low tide.

Marsh Sandpiper

Did a belly crawl for ages to get these birds and a few others .The Sigma 500 + Kenko 1.4 TC is fine for handheld shots as long as the light is good and I can get a fast enough speed.

Believe this to be too small and bill too straight and needle like to be a Common Greenshank , but as always am open to suggestions. Ken

We were lucky to find this Marsh Sandpiper on the banks of the Onkaparinga River yesterday. Only our second sighting of this lovely shorebird. I liked this one, without too much cropping, as I felt the reeds made a nice, appropriate border. While the MS is a relatively common shorebird in...