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To the Beauty of Birds

In its winter plumage the Sanderling Calidris alba is the whitest of the sandpipers. It feeds on sandy Western ocean beaches. The photos (5020-5313) were taken at Moss Landing, CA in December.

The 7000 series photos were taken at the Newport Beach Back Bay, CA in November. Photos 7476 and7477 illustrate the birds in flight showing the white belly of the birds and the tail and wing patterns. Four of the photos show the birds clustered together on a green spit. Other photos show individual birds on the spit.

Photo 8444 was taken from a kayak. Surprisingly, when taken from a kayak the birds allowed me to get very close, almost close enough to touch them. This allowed the sharply focused close up in photo 8444.

Sanderlings