Yellowlegs

Gallery: AvianPosted October 17, 2010168 views5 comments

We were driving between Denali and Anchorage when we saw these two Upland Sandpipers playing around in some dead trees on the edge of a marsh. They stayed around and gave me all kinds of looks.

Canon 30D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/250
Aperture f6.7
ISO 400
400mm

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM

This isn't an Upland Sandpiper - wrong bill, wrong head, wrong neck, wrong facial pattern, wrong breast, etc.

How about Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), although I could be talked out of that by someone who sees them more than I do here in central AZ.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 17, 2010 at 10:42 PM

It's certainly not an Upland Sandpiper. Probably a Solitary Sandpiper, although I wouldn't rule out Lesser Yellowlegs, either. Nice motion capture, though.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 18, 2010 at 2:04 AM

An interesting pose and the open beak is a bonus too. You clipped his toes a little, but I guess you know that. I'm a bit ambivalent about the softness of the lower scene, I think that more shutter speed to freeze the motion of the bird "or" less greenery in front of the bird would be better. Both factors together is where my ambivalence begins. My first reaction was Yellowlegs but others can sort that out.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on October 18, 2010 at 5:47 AM

Good action Richard, others have mentioned the nits.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 18, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Richard, I do like the pose and the motion blur, primarily on the wings, works fine for me in this type of shot. But the OOF greenery in front of the birds legs is an issue IMO.

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