Least Sandpiper

the Least Sandpiper

running at the water's edge

flotsam camouflage

Cooper's Hawk

the prey is a rat

Cooper's Hawk, the predator

they both have long tails

Great Black-backed Gull Closeup

Dowitchers

           among the Willets
           together within the flock
           short-billed Dowitchers

Great Black-backed Gull

solitary bird
walking slowly down the beach
the Great Black-backed Gull

Red-shouldered Hawk

watching the Least Terns

on Boca Ciega Bay -

the Red-shouldered hawk