A bathing Ruddy Turnstone – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1/1250, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light
I am a little late but I want to post this Ruddy Turnstone for World Shorebirds Day which was September 4 – 6. About half the world’s shorebird populations are in decline and with climate change and rising sea levels habitat loss is happening at a faster rate than ever before.
Shorebirds are what sparked me into getting into bird photography and they got me into sand crawling, mud-sliding and sitting quietly in lagoons while the shorebirds rested, preened, foraged and interacted with the other shorebirds around them.
I can’t imagine a world without them.
Life is good.
Mia
Click here to see more of my Ruddy Turnstone photos plus facts and information about this species.
SUCH a beautiful thing. And I love your capture too.
May your efforts help to make the world see the beauty of life. We are all interconnected. Safe travels, Mia!
That’s what the Lakota phrase “mitakuye oyasin” means…we are all connected, we are all one, we are all relatives, or “I acknowledge that we are all related/relatives”…all parts of the whole…
This is such a beautiful bird…and even if I didn’t like the bird itsef so much, I’d like it for the name…love the way its name rolls off the tongue!
Thanks for the reminder Mia – I just posted a picture I took of a Wandering Tattler for World Shorebirds Day.
Beautiful photo Mia. Please take a bow.