A few beach bird shots

Hi everyone, i went to the beach to shoot surf, but it was blown out.
So i managed to snag a couple shots of a bird.
I know they arnt very sharp, cant wait for my 70-200 f/4

1-
"awww ewwwwwww"

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#1 is an interesting looking bird. Do you know what it is?

I acually have no idea. Im not up to date on my birds. He was feeding on sand crabs though.
In that shot he was trying to get at an itch.

Western Willet. Nice captures by the way.

dancinec wrote in post #2532546
Western Willet. Nice captures by the way.

Ah thank you good sir.