A hot sultry day in August. The pond was quiet. Several rocks appeared offshore in the last few days, exposed by the lack of rain and lower water level. Good for sandpipers hunting lunch. This Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria shows off its white eye ring while it waits on a rock to spot a meal in or on the water -- aquatic invertebrates such as larvae, worms, flies, or mollusks.
