Pacific Golden Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted November 17, 2009122 views13 comments

Apart from the Bee-eaters, the Pacific Golden Plover is another bird I well remember as a child in Malaysia. A flock of them would winter in the middle of the racetrack (thoroughbred) near our home. The Twin Towers now sit on that ground.

It is also a regular winter visitor to Hawaii, and I found this a couple of days ago on the Big Island's Kohala Coast. They seem to like golf courses and manicured gardens!

Thanks for looking.

5D2, 300mm f2.8 + 2.0X, ISO800, morning light, handheld lying on ground.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM

You did a great job highlighting the gold in the namesake bird and I like the narrow DOF

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 17, 2009 at 12:51 PM

Very nice KC. I also found them around Kailua on O'ahu. I really like the nice low perspective and how the bird looks like he is just on the verge of moving.
May

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 17, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Great work with DOF, KC.
Very nice the low angle, the detail and the pose of the bird.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by richard ettlinger on November 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM

Great shot KC! Sharp!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 17, 2009 at 5:13 PM

What a great eye this bird has KC. The cut lawn is not the most interesting habitat, but hey, if that is what they like you don't have much choice.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 17, 2009 at 5:45 PM

great exposure and color in this shot KC!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM

KC,

Love the alert pose of the plover, the colors, background and your choice of composition.

Very well done.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM

wow, that is one big eye! Nice alert pose and comp, along with the low angle. Like Ron says, the cut grass isn't the most interesting habitat, but if that's the bird's choice, so be it.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 18, 2009 at 12:44 AM

Very nice, KC. Your color palette makes the best of the cut grass, and the low angle makes the bird pop.

Two things: I can never get over how different these birds are in winter plumage. And I am also amazed how much more tolerant they are in Hawaii than on the Yukon Delta. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 18, 2009 at 12:47 AM

Nice one Kc - I like the low perspective and warm tones. They like short lawn areas here as well plus saltmarsh and flat rocky reefs

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on November 18, 2009 at 1:06 AM

Nice one, Kwan! I'm glad that you found them! Nice work getting the bird so sharp.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Very nice, and I don't mind the setting at all. Here in AZ we get them as a very rare vagrant, along with the closely related American Golden Plover, and we most often find them on sod farm expanses that look a lot like this.

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Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on November 18, 2009 at 6:52 PM

Nicely done Kwan!

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