Lesser Yellowlegs

I spent a morning last week watching these birds fighting and chasing one another along the shoreline. Whenever one would land to feed, a neighboring bird would take exception and drive him off, which is what happened in the image here. There was a massive algae bloom in the waters of the lake which has closed the beach to swimming, and which accounts for the very odd bright green weed color onshore and in the waves breaking in the background.



Lake Champlain, St. Albans, VT



Nikon D810
500mm f/4
TC-14E II
1/3200s @ f/8
ISO 1250
Manual Exposure
Handheld