Common Redshank

1/1000s at f9.0, ISO:800, Canon EOS-1D X w/800mm, x1.4 converter


The Common Redshank is a mid-sized Eurasian shorebird that resembles Greater Yellowlegs; adults have distinctive, red legs. It breeds in wetlands, damp meadows, and fresh or salt-water marshes. Uses coastal mudflats and estuaries during nonbreeding season. Noisy and gregarious, it feeds by picking at food. Diet consists of crustaceans, mollusks, marine or earthworms, and insect larvae.
Iceland
 
05/28/2013