The Purple Sandpipers were incredibly cooperative during my visit to Barnegat Light State Park in southern NJ. It was a very cold and very windy day with only one other person on the jetty all morning. The flock of Purple Sandpipers and Ruddy Turnstones were hanging out on the ocean side of the jetty which was sheltered from the north-west wind and by this point in the day was pretty calm. This allowed me to climb down on the rocks really close to the water. My only thought is that the birds aren't used to having people at this level and therefore weren't bothered by my presence in the least. This photo has only the slightest crop and at one point I was only about 5 feet from some of the birds. It was really neat to watch them feeding and feel like I was immersed into the flock.