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Sunday, December 11, 2022

On and around the rocks

 
Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima) hunkered down in Scituate, Massachusetts, on 11 December 2022.
 
While trying to photograph the sandpipers, a duck appeared in a pool below them:
 
 
Fun to watch this Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) diving and spilling over the edge of the pool.  

Although these birds were a bit distant, here's a closer view of her:
 
 

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