mjaylau's Identifications

note bands on legs. Left leg: Yellow on top of red
Right leg: red on top of blue

Small shorebird with black patch between eyes, behind eye, and on the side of the neck. Pale gray above and white below

Lake Babcock/North

I was surprised when one of these snowy plovers popped up out of a divot in the sand on Redondo Beach. Then I realized there were two of them.

So long as my calculations are up to date considering species I have seen but are undocumented this is bird species #316 for me.