Red-necked Phalarope (breeding male)

Since I spent most of this morning shooting the more color females, I felt it appropriate to show the duller males as well. This was one of the last frames I captured this morning, the sun rising throughout my session, and I thought it represented an appropriate stopping point once the sun had climbed beyond its optimal point. It was an amazing 90 minutes with the 8 phalaropes!

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