A ruddy turnstone in breeding colors at Pillar Point Harbor. Here the bird is running across an exposed area of sand between the rocky forma...

A western sandpiper in transitional plumage takes a stroll along the water's edge at Pillar Point Harbor. I've had a few comments re...

A black-bellied plover in breeding plumage studies the surface of the sand for signs of a meal below. Image taken at Pillar Point Harbor on ...

A ruddy turnstone strolls through the sand in Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay, California. These birds are so stunning in their summe...

A five-frame series of this black-bellied plover pulling a segmented worm from the exposed sand of Pillar Point Harbor on Half Moon Bay. I...

A western sandpiper feeding in Pillar Point Harbor on Half Moon Bay. It's a wonderful time of year to be out looking for shorebirds, sin...

Two shots of a very friendly (or more accurately, tolerant) black-bellied plover. This is either a female in her summer colors or a male in ...

A black-bellied plover, in the middle of transitioning to its summer plumage, along the edge of the water at Pillar Point Harbor. Updated ca...

A black-bellied plover that is almost to its full breeding plumage. They are such stunning birds in their summer patterns, and it's a pl...

Two more shots of this very friendly black-bellied plover at Pillar Point Harbor on Half Moon Bay. As the sun was dropping lower in the sky...

I took so many shots of this individual plover as we spent over an hour together on the beach at Pillar Point Harbor last month, and I have ...

I spent over an hour with this single black-bellied plover as it combed the shoreline looking for a late meal. We were along the edge of th...

A western grebe swimming through striped reflections in Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay. This shot is from last November, but this is...

A black-bellied plover hunting for worms in the sand at Pillar Point Harbor on Half Moon Bay. There was surprisingly little in the way of bi...

Reaching into the archives after a busy week of traveling, here are two shots of a black turnstone in the intertidal area of Pillar Point Ha...

Intertidal zones are fascinating places to observe nature as they are constantly in flux. The intertidal reef at Pillar Point Harbor on Half...

This great blue heron was hunting out on the mudflats of Pillar Point Harbor last November.

A marbeled godwit in late light at Pillar Point Harbor on Half Moon Bay, California.

A western willet scanning the mudflats at low tide for a meal. This is not the usual way I display shorebirds, but there's something tha...

Even when everyone is running in one direction, sometimes its not a bad idea to take a step in the other. Sanderlings on an overcast evening...