Western Snowy Plover (bird) south of Villa Creek, Estero Bluffs, just north of Cayucos, CA

Western Snowy Plover (bird) south of Villa Creek, Estero Bluffs, just north of Cayucos, CA, Feb. 14, 2007 - photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com. Shot w/ a Canon 5D w/ 600 mm f/4.0 IS lens w. 2.0X TE and a 25mm extension tube, on a solid tripod. This is a re-conversion of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/390622989/">flickr.com
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; for submission to ngs.com. This photo was used as the cover shot for the ccnha.org Nov.-Dec. 2007 &quot;Nature Notes&quot; membership magazine.
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