Piping Plover: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2026 — Besides the mating behavior I shared a few days ago, the Plovers on the beach were very busy feeding. I was watching the way they tap the sand rapidly with a forward foot and then swoop down on the creature they stir up. Moist sand or totally flooded sand, they use exactly the same technique. Clearly it works for them. There is a snippet of video to show the action. As often as I have watched plovers, this was the first time I had “seen” this. Which is what I love about watching birds (or humans for that matter, but when I watch humans this intently, it tends to make them nervous). Sony a7CR. Tamron 50-400 at about 1000mm equivalent field of view 700 for video, which is also cropped slightly. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator (video in LumaFusion).