American Oystercatcher w/soft shelled clam?

Great image of the Oystercatcher and the clam is a bonus, Gearoid!!!! I do, however, see a halo either from sharpening or the shadow/highlight tool

Hugh

Sweet shot! I love the raised foot and water splash. I too see the halo however.

I like the fact it has its meal and that one leg is up with splashes. Nice light, too.

The halo looks to be from sharpening. One trick (which you probably already know but was too hard to do with this photo) is selective sharpening. In Photoshop, use the magic wand at maybe a tolerance of 20 or 30 and select all the water (clicking the mouse button and "shift" at the same time you can add to your selection). Get pretty much all of the water selected, then go to Select > Inverse. This should pick up most of the bird. You can then go to Select and Contract your selection by a pixel or two to make sure you're not picking up the very edges. Then apply your sharpening. Sharpening halos most often appear at borders of great contrast, such as the very dark plumage at the top of this bird versus the water and the white plumage. You can zoom in to 200-400% and look for a little white line right at the border. Sometimes they're there even when they're barely noticable, that's a good way to spot them.

Despite the strong sharpening halo this is a very nice capture, Gearoid!

Very nice action, colors and exposure! Nits covered.

Other than the halo its a beautiful image !!!! Excellent looking bird !!!