[LRflex] Re: IMG: Shorebirds

  • From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:12 +0200

Such consistence - kudos Doug !
Thanks for sharing
Bien amicalement
Philippe


wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Shorebirds are returning to California from a summer in the north.  The
first of these is a Least Sandpiper, a tiny perpetual-motion creature
photographed at the Yolo Basin wildlife area west of Sacramento:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lesa01.jpg

I visited the San Francisco bay yesterday morning, timing the trip to
coincide with high tide (birds close to shore) at sunrise (low light
angle).  A Black-bellied Plover in winter plumage:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/charadriidae/bbpl01.jpg

and this is a name-that-bird quiz:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lbcu01.jpg

hint: it's not a Short-billed Curlew.

All photos: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, shoulder stock & monopod.  All
comments welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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