Early morning with shorebirds in the Gulf of Mexico

As I walked north by the edge of the waves on the beach and just when I started to think it was going to be a quite day with very few birds to photograph, I almost jumped when I felt a bird behind me flying just a few feet to my left skimming the shallow waters; it was a beautiful black skimmer that soon after turn around and headed south again not too far from me. It turned out there was a fairly large flock (about 50) of them around investigating and evaluating a protected area with decoys as a potential breading place. Needless to say, I took a few pictures and my morning was made; not bad for dark black and bright white all in one bird without a cloud in the sky. Hope you enjoy them.
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Thanks for watching, Cheers!!!
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Birds:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Black Skimmer / Rayador Americano (Rynchops niger)
01:43 Sanderling / Playero Blanco (Calidris alba)
02:13 Ruddy Turnstone / Vuelvepiedras Rojizo (Arenaria interpres)
02:23 Snowy Egret / Garza Patiamarilla (Egretta thula)
02:33 Outro
Gear:
Canon EOS R6 samples
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM

[@sebastianmendoza3232]

Amazing

[@carlamontano9594]

❤❤wow super lindo el video

[@mateomendoza8937]

Beautiful skimmers love the music too

[@Andy.Garcia]

Nice captures. Glad to see that the recent shoreline work around Tigertail Beach hasn't scared them all away for long.

[@rodrigoshariff]

Thank you for watching. The latest hurricanes and the work that followed were devastating to this area, this is the first time I saw skimmers since then so hopefully things are returning to a more natural state.

[@mateomendoza8937]

First comment 😛

[@rodrigoshariff]

Jajajajaja, thank you