Killdeer—Northwestern Mutual—Franklin, Wisconsin
Photo taken near a retention pond
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640sec f9.0 at 400mm iso-200
 April 13, 2012  9:08am

Killdeer-—Caledonia, Wisconsin
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160sec f10.0 at 400mm iso-200
 August 21, 2011 5:18pm
 

Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Wisconsin
Forster's-Tern
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800sec f10.0 at 400mm iso-200
July 28, 2009 2:24pm
 

Wandering Tattler-—La Jolla Sea Caves—La Jolla, California
This guy was scavaging near some California Sea Lions
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-200
March 19, 2009 3:16pm
 

Least Sandpiper—La Jolla, California
This was taken not far from the beach where the Sea Lions sun themselves in La Jolla
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/40sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 5:11pm
 

California Gull—La Jolla Sea Caves—La Jolla, California
I had a few hours after a business conference near San Diego, and spent the time in La Jolla by the sea caves and cliffs, where lots of birds and sea lions hang out
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200sec f5.0 at 220mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 4:06pm
 

Ring-billed Gull—Disney World—Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Shot near Tom Sawyer's Island at Disney World
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320sec f5.0 at 115mm iso-100
March 1, 2009 1:28pm

Ruddy Turnstone—Cocoa Beach, Florida
Found on Cocoa Beach while chaperoning a high school music (band) group as they relaxed on the beach
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800sec f10.0 at 400mm iso-200
February 26, 2009 3:27pm
 

Sandpiper—Orvis Casting Pond—Grande Lake—Orlando, Florida
I believe this is a Non-breeding (and/or Juvenile) Spotted Sandpiper
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-100
September 5, 2008 2:40pm
 

Solitary Sandpiper—Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
I found this bird in the middle of the marsh, off a road that cuts east/west, almost all the way across the marsh
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400sec f7.1 at 400mm iso-100
September 5, 2008 2:28pm
 

Ring-billed Gull—Cleveland, Wisconsin
After attending a meeting in Kohler Wisconsin, I took a hour and drove east to Sheboygan and then north to Cleveland Wisconsin, looking for scenes or wildlife.  At a small park in Cleveland (WI) on Lake Michigan, I found this Ring-billed Gull who had just found a snack
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640sec f9.0 at 400mm iso-100
June 13, 2008 1:47pm
  

Columbia River—Richland, Washington
We were in Richland for a wedding, took a walk by the river, and found this Caspian Tern
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500sec f11.0 at 400mm iso-200
July 21, 2007 9:08am
 

Pier 39—San Francisco, California
 I shot this California Gull while watching the Sea Lions at Pier 39
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800sec f10.0 at 400mm iso-500
April 25, 2007 7:02pm