Red-necked Phalarope (breeding female)

This is another frame my morning at Hayward Regional Shoreline in Alameda County, California. These birds were frequenting a small marsh pond, and it was quite difficult to obtain clean frames against distracting backing vegetation. This lady was kind enough to swim across a wider patch of water later in the morning, and I was ready to capture her at the reflection interface between land and sky.

Hayward Regional Shoreline, Alameda County, California, 5/25/20
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 25mm extension tube on EOS 1DX Mark II
1/2500 at f/7.1, ISO 800