Keywords:Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Shore, Sanderling, adult, beach, bird, foraging, migration, shorebird, virginia
Photo Info
Dimensions3600 x 2700
Original file size6.55 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken22-May-20 20:32
Date modified23-Jun-20 20:38
Shooting Conditions
Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D850
Focal length270 mm
Focal length (35mm)270 mm
Max lens aperturef/5.7
Exposure1/640 at f/5.6
FlashNot fired
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 400
Metering modePattern
Sanderling_J1F4175
This Sanderling (Calidris alba) has almost completed its spring molt into its breeding blumage. A warm and rusty contrast to the gray and white of its winter plumage.
A common beach comer looking not for sea shells but food.
