Ruddy Turnstone on Driftwood – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light
In Florida it wasn’t often that I would see Ruddy Turnstones perched on anything other than the sand so I was tickled one morning when I came across this turnstone in nonbreeding plumage perched on a piece of weathered driftwood just after the sun came over the horizon with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico behind it.
Ruddy Turnstones breed in the high Arctic and winter along the shore lines of the Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Atlantic coastlines, the Caribbean and as far south as South America.
Life is good.
Mia
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Love the lighting in this. One of my favorite shorebirds – very nice Mia
Thank you Dan.
Pretty sweet lighting. This is the one bird I never got to properly photograph in the Tortugas; it would have been easy, they are completely tame there. Should have gotten a battery grip…
Thanks Steve, I liked the lighting too. You’ll have to go back for the Turnstone shots 🙂
Lovely!
Thanks Jim, they are a lovely shorebird
Great image, Mia!
Thank you Hilke!
Lovely to see you getting the Ruddy Turnstone, it is marvelous.
Super Sweet Shot!
Thanks Laurence!
I guess ruddy turnstones are passerines now? Lovely lighting.
🙂 Thanks Joshua, maybe this turnstone thinks it is a passerine.