Staring at the ocean
St. Augustine Beach, FL
January 20, 2023
Willet At The Beach
Tag Archives: Willet
Lookin’ Around, At The Beach
I don’t take many images with people, but this made me laugh. I really expected the surfer to take a tumble when he spotted the Pelicans, but he did not.
This Willet was intrigued with something up there…
Folley Beach, SC
September 19, 2022
Willet and Waves
Waves are fun, throw in a shore bird and I’m happy.
Litchfield Beach, SC
November 23, 2022
Willet Sunrise Surf
The first morning light was quite pretty on this lone Willet as he walked the surf line.
He plodded along in no particular rush, with the tide rising behind him.
Squint–do birds get blinded by looking into the sun the way I do?
The Willet walked on to higher ground between the fallen trees that make the boneyard on this beach.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 14, 2022
Willet On The Run
Or, Why Fly When You Can Run?
Kiawah Beach, SC
October 21, 2022
Willet On The Hunt
A lone Willet was patrolling a small sandbar
Gentle waves were churning up possible snacks.
Success!
Let’s wade in a little deeper.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
April 11, 2022
Willet On The Hunt, In The Wind
It was late afternoon and windy at the beach when I spotted a Willet hunting in a tidal pool.
Often these shore birds go back and forth in the same pool, probing around the edges for food.
This time the wind kept him moving further down the beach.
He was having success at finding some snacks.
Preening Willet
A Willet preening at the surf’s edge.
Willets in the Surf
A small flock of Willets stood at the edge of the surf, inching their way inland every few minutes as the tide moved in.
I thought they might take flight, showing off their snazzy wing pattern. They were content to walk, run and hop through the rising water keeping their wings at their sides.
Willet and His Shadow
Willets are shore birds that tend to mind their own business and with their sand coloring it is easy to miss them. As the sun was coming up this one decided to take a stroll away from the water and there was a bit of contrast between him and the hard packed sand. The line shadows behind him were created by a dead tree standing in the ocean surf.
Then he took off, first showing me his patterned underwings…
…then revealing a nice view of his the upper side of his wing, and a cool shadow.
I didn’t capture his shadow in this last image but I did like the driftwood background as the Willet flew away.
Botany Bay Island, SC, August 4, 2019