Figure 1 – Sanderling lunch, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Newburyport, MA. Sept. 26, 2020. (c) DE Wolf 2020.

We have been enjoying several trips up to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in Newburyport, MA. Now that is a truly wonderful place. And now the autumn glories have begun! The Saturday before last I was furiously photographing the Sanerlings, Calidris alba. They always offer fun and challenging photographs and as always the key to bird photograph is getting the eyes in focus. I am getting better at using my big birding lens.

The fellows of Figure 1 were feeding on a patch of flotsam, and, in truth, I didn’t even see that one of them had made off with a tasty lunch, ceviche perhaps. I am not quite sure what it is, probably some part of a starfish, but it does make for a cool photograph. As always in the surf line, the reflections mirror the birds beautifully.

Canon T2i with EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS USM lens at 260 mm, ISO 800 mm, Aperture priority AE Mode 1/4000th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.