He found a clam

after a lot of poking around in the sand. This shot is heavily cropped as he was far away and I did not have another lens with me on our beach walk.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh well done!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Kathy A]

Great shot!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha ! he looks so pleased with his catch !

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture.

[Dione Giorgio]

Great shot and timing. Superb focus. Fav.

[Wylie]

Never the right lens when you need it, but this still looks great. Did he get it open?

[Debra]

Wow, what a cool shot and bird!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great catch! Love the orange bill and eye! Fav.

[Kate]

Fabulous shot and edit

[katy]

Beautiful clarity and fabulous timing

[KV]

Beautiful!

[Mags]

Nice capture!

[Peter Dulis]

so unusual

[Lou Ann]

Great capture!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute capture.

[Lois]

Great focus!

[bruni]

You made out ok with cropping to bring the bird closer to shore.

[Judith Johnson]

Great catch, and a well timed image

[Milanie]

Wonderful processing

[Kitty Hawke]

Excellent. Bet he was pleased with himself !

[LManning (Laura)]

Terrific timing, and great little splashes around its feet!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture

[Michelle]

He looks please with himself, lovely capture

[Ian George]

Great capture of this fine bird.

[Bill]

Still a very nice shot. Love that red eye ring.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful bird capture. Fav.

[Islandgirl]

What a neat capture!

[Faye Turner]

Cool capture

[Allison Maltese]

Nice timing.

[Carrie Shepeard]

Wonderful light, detail and color here in this capture.

[Frances Tackaberry]

Fav!! Great shot and timing!

[Lisa Savill]

This is such a great shot.

[sarah]

Great timing

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Love your composition and edit here.

[Shutterbug]

Love the way the bird is framed by the water.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice capture

[Gavin.J]

Cracking shot:)

[Diana]

@koalagardens @bkbinthecity @kjarn @beryl @wakelys @sangwann @pusspup @dridsdale @mccarth1 @k9photo @grammyn @kvphoto @marlboromaam @pdulis @louannwarren @mittens @loweygrace @bruni @busylady @milaniet @cutekitty @ljmanning @craftymeg @bigmxx @nodrognai @cwbill @elisasaeter @pyrrhula @radiogirl @fayefaye @falcon11 @cashep19 @frantackaberry @lisasavill @samae @ggshearron @shutterbug49 @pdulis @gavj Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on both the tp and pp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Rick]

Great shot.