Saltwater wading bird

Posted by The Juxtaposed Image (Tallahassee, Fl, United States) on 30 October 2006 in Animal & Insect.

I am pretty sure he or she is a sandpiper, but his beak seems rather broad for a sandpipers. I looked it up and think its a Solitary Sandpiper {CHARADRIIFORMES Scolopacidae}

Sounds about right.

Canon PowerShot S2 IS
1/500 second
F/4.0
72 mm

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