Sounds like a horrible idea, right? However if one always waited for the best weather instead of enjoying ugly conditions I would never have found a Pectoral Sandpiper. The Cornell School of Ornithology describes this “fairly rare bird” in this manner:

A medium-sized, chunky shorebird, the Pectoral Sandpiper is found most commonly on mudflats with short grass or weedy vegetation and seems more at home in the grass than in the water.

If you inspect the image, please note the water. I got wet watching this bird, and the two Snow Geese for which I had actually driven over to the Riley Road Playing Fields.  I will admit this afternoon was some of the worst photographic conditions I’ve experienced in some time!

Pectoral Sandpiper

Snow Geese