Black Oystercatcher

This might have been the most confiding oystercatcher in history, the bird letting me float within 8-10 feet in my inflatable kayak. I have several similar headshots of this species from this same location, but I can't resist snapping super-detailed headshots when I get so close to such a cool subject. I never get tired of that beak. Not sure how the feathers got stuck to this example, but they didn't seem to both the bird.

Pillar Point Harbor, San Mateo County, California, 4/2/20
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX Mark II
1/3200 at f/5.6, ISO 800