White Ibis

(Same bird as in the two previous shots) My first proper frame of this beautiful species! My previous shots were opportunistic walk-around captures while I was birding, so it was great to run into this example on a dedicated photo outing. This subject was very confiding once I flopped onto my belly, and I spent the better part of an hour trailing the foraging bird around the tidal shallows. The ruffled feathers resulted from a stiff east wind while the sun set behind me to the west. Stoked about the little water drop falling off the beak!

South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, 11/12/21
Canon 600mm f/4 IS + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/4000 at f/7.1, ISO 640