calico shell – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ruddy Turnstone and a Laughing Gull

By Mia McPherson|April 18th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: adult, Arenaria interpres, beach, calico shell, coast, coastal, Gulf, gull, gulls, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Ruddy Turnstone, shell, shore, shorebirds, turnstone, turnstones, water|

Five years ago today I was laying in the warm wet sands of Fort De Soto County Park's north beach as the salty water from the Gulf of Mexico soaked my skin while photographing a Ruddy Turnstone doing what they do best, turning things.