Rock Sandpiper (winter plumage)

This is the same San Francisco individual pictured at left. It took an hour to maneuver this close and get a clean background, but the feather detail in this shot was well worth the effort. This was captured at 312mm on my 100-400mm zoom!

San Francisco, California, 11/23/19
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II on EOS 5D Mark IV
1/1600 at f/7.1, ISO 1000