As I waited for the flock to approach where I was waiting in the sand, this is one of the first sanderlings to come close. A few minutes...

A few years ago I had a wonderful evening spent with a large flock of sanderlings as they settled in to roost along the beach at Parker ...

A sanderling giving a nice view of its wing feathers while it preens on the beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

While I was compiling my list of 2019 favorites , this one kept catching my eye. I ultimately did not include it, but I liked how it was...

A cool thing about photography is how it can capture a single moment and give it meaning beyond what you may have noticed in real time. ...

Getting an isolated image of a single sandpiper at the edge of the flock is always a rewarding experience and makes for a nice clean sh...

A classic sandpiper pose -- break probing the sand with a shallow wave chasing them from behind. I love the rhythm of these birds and th...

There was a chill in the air for this September sunrise on Plum Island, an early sign that fall is on the way. The flock of sanderlings ...

On my most recent trip to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge I was predominantly focused on capturing some dramatic side-lighting on ...

An early morning trip to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge paid off immediately as I encountered a moderately-sized flock of sanderl...

The sun had dropped below the dunes but was still high enough to cast its beautiful pastel colors over the scene as a flock of sanderlin...

For as perfectly adapted to the coastal life as shorebirds are, it's interesting to see that even their feet can sink into the wet s...

I've thoroughly enjoyed my summer opportunities to photograph piping plover chicks, but I'm ready to do some sandpiper photograp...

Maine is not synonymous with shorebirds for me -- as most of our experiences in coastal Maine, since moving to Massachusetts, have been ...

2017 was an exciting year for me, though not as much for photography. We welcomed our first child to the family, and it has been so much fun...

This trip to Parker River NWR in October 2014 was one of the most productive sandpiper encounters I've ever had. I came across a ver...

A belated Thanksgiving to you all! I hope you enjoyed your meal and socializing socializing with family and friends as much as this sand...

I'm always preferential to the sunrise when I have the chance, but last autumn I had a couple of really successful sunset trips in P...

A sanderling pauses a moment to preen its feathers in the fading light of sunset on Plum Island I really enjoy watching sandpipers pr...

A sanderling splashes water droplets as it feeds in the pastel colors of dusk in Parker River NWR From my evening last weekend with a...