Adapting To Winter

The wind gusts whipping upon Dock beach are unforgiving this afternoon.
Snow drifts mixed with sand blasting against my legs and binoculars fogging up with every breath.

I spot what I believe is a pair of Semipalmated (palmated means “webbed” between toes) Sandpipers-each standing on one leg.

These shorebirds minimize losing heat while tucking the other leg in.

Like us putting our cold hands in warm pockets, they too adapt to this frigid clime.

Breeding high up in the Arctic, these migrants may fly far down to South America.