Back in September I went to one of my favorite shorebird photographing spots — Pillar Point near Half Moon Bay. It’s about a 30 minute drive from my house and pretty easy to get to. Some days it’s full of people and dogs, but if the tide is in, then where the birds are the dogs aren’t.
This day the light was fabulous and the wind was low and there were quite a few birds — Sanderlings, Semipalmated Plovers and this Wandering Tattler. It’s my first ever good photo of a tattler and I was happy.

Beautiful shot! Love the spot light effect of the sun – congratulations!