Florida shore bird ID?

Hi Ben,

your bird is a Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in winter plumage. It only lives to the first half of its name during summer time but certainly turns stones all year round! A nice shot with a low angle, soft light and nice 'frozen' motion with the leg up.

Cheers,

Étienne

I am in agreement with the ID. (BTW, if you have a smart phone that hand's apps, a really good app for ID is iBird Pro. I have been using it for a few years now and it works great. It's expensive ..about 35 bucks for an app, but the best one I have found for certain.)
As far as the shot goes, I also like the low able and leg lift. not sure if this was a crop, but I might move it off center if you have more room.

Nice pose, exposure and light! Seems to be good detail too, but hard to tell withpout a larger version posted.
The blues are nice and compliment the brown bird very well.
Quite cenetered - if possible, as Kurt mentions, would be better moved to the left so not dead-center.
Lokking forward to more of your images - welcome - and I'm envious you're at Sanibel!
Sandy

Thanks for the comments everyone. Here is an update with extra room added to the right - I can't add any more than this. Also- Sandy, I'm back in Michigan now and envious of the Sanibel sunshine too!