Common Sanpiper

Gallery: AvianPosted July 30, 201177 views4 comments

Common Sandpiper in a submissive pose. This behavior occurs when another bird come on the scene, The bird bows and lifts it wings submitting to the incoming bird. This seems to occur when either a sibling or an adult come near

This behavior also occurs during courtships prior to mating

Canon 7D canon 500mm f4 lens, f5, 1/1250 sec ISO 320

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 30, 2011 at 11:06 PM

Wonderfully interesting pose, and behavioral description. I also like the habitat you included. It all works together to make a very nice image.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 31, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Ron, The pose is very interesting, thanks for the information on the behavior. I have seen spotted sandpipers in similar poses but usually there wasn't another bird around and I suspect they were just stretching their wings. Nice light, eye contact, pose and I like the mossy rock. You don't mention id this was cropped but I would consider taking some off of the bottom to minimize the impact of the OOF leaves below the bird's head and a bit off of the left side.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 31, 2011 at 10:48 PM

Great behavior image, Ron. I like the habitat and the lighting works for me.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 1, 2011 at 9:20 PM

Really nice setting Ron. I agree with Mia's crop suggestions

cheers
Rob

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