Lesser Yellow Legs

Gallery: AvianPosted September 25, 2011109 views14 comments

Quite a few shorebirds migrating into the state at this point. This lesser yellow legs was nice enough to fly by me nice and close. I got a few good frames out of this pass. Not sure which I like the most. Maybe I will post a short series. Please view the larger version to see the details on this small bird. Thanks.

Canon 1DM4
500mm f/4 + 1.4x TC
ISO 800
1/4000s
f/7.1
Manual exp.
Hand held sitting in the mud in full camo
50% of FF

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 25, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Very nice. These birds move too fast and far away for my skills.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 25, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Never an easy shot to make but you grabbed plenty of detail here.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 25, 2011 at 10:57 PM

Great shot, excellent catch. Love the wing position and the details, even under the wing!

Ray

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM

Nice sharp flight shot. Fine image.

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Comment posted by Hussain Nalwala on September 26, 2011 at 9:18 AM

Lovely details....

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Nice, Ron. Good to see a flight shot of one of these.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 26, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Well done to catch this little guy flying. Great wing position.
May

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 26, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Sweet shot of this yellowlegs Ron, great detail. I would have thought this was a Greater as the bill looks slightly upturned to me.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on September 27, 2011 at 12:09 AM

This is a fine flight image!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 27, 2011 at 6:56 AM

Nate, yes, the bill is slightly up turned, but it is all one color and the bird was only about 11 inches long (best guess as it flew by). That says lesser to me as the greater has a bicolored bill and is about 15 inches long. However, I may be wrong. I am not very good at IDing these smaller birds.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 28, 2011 at 9:51 AM

Truly exceptional Ron, razor sharp and perfectly exposed, everything I aspire to with such a capture, though still got a ways to go ;^)

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Outstanding detail, Ron!

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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 30, 2011 at 2:58 PM

Ron,
Just getting around to commenting and I noticed your yellow legs. Tough bird to get in flight. You did a good job capturing the details. Would like to see some more of this in a series for sure.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 2, 2011 at 8:54 AM

Love the "streamlined" look of this bird inflight, techs look good Ron.
Well done.

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