While approaching the beach area at Lakeshore State Park a bird drops out of the sky 100 feet in front of me and lands at the beach. I was like what?? The bird, a White-rumped Sandpiper which is considered a rare bird for this location on this date. I quickly took a couple of photos as a guy behind me has 2 leashed dogs and he walks them at the beach everyday. I had 1 minute to photograph this bird as the dogs start coming down the beach right behind me and the bird flushed. The bird took off and while birding at the park the next 30 minutes I did not see the bird return. It was a partly cloudy morning, a cold breeze from the north, temps around 35 degrees. Images were taken on October 30, 2020.
White-rumped Sandpiper, a white rump there…
Getting something to eat…
Back view…
More to eat in a very short time…
More to eat…
Moving out in the water before being flushed…
Lucky find and beautiful crisp photos. You can even make out the red at the base of the lower mandible in some of the photos and that is often a difficult field mark to see. Good that you were quick to get the photos before the dogs scared it away!
Great find. Agree with Thomas Wood’s statement above.
Beautiful photos and a good sighting — as per usual for you!