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Willet Liftoff

A Willet lifts its wing in preparation for liftoff. For whatever reason, all of my favorite Willet photos are dreamy lanscapes created by the foam of breaking waves.
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Blue Hour Whimbrel at Ocean Beach

There’s no better time than blue hour to photograph birds at busy urban beaches. You get an amazing variety of colors in the span of 20-30 minutes, and the number of dogs finally gets to a manageable level.
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Sanderling Sunset Silhouette

In the winter, the lowest tides of the cycle happen right around sunset in the Bay Area. Whenever there’s a minus tide with a good sunset, I try to head to the beach to photograph shorebirds. Typically that’s meant Stinson Beach, but yesterday I tried San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. I arrived about 40 minutes before
