Mountain Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted February 1, 2016111 views4 comments

A rare bird sighting in Oregon. I had heard one was spotted along the coast and I was fortunate enough to find it. The wind was blowing 20-30 mph off the ocean and this guy was hunkered down with the sand blowing over its head. Fortunately, my back and camera were facing away from the wind. Still, I hope I've gotten the sand out of my push-pull telephoto.

Canon 7d Mark II
100-400 mm at 350
1/2000
f6.3
ISO 320

Thanks for looking. Comments and thoughts for improvement always appreciated.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on February 2, 2016 at 12:41 AM

Rare bird for Oregon but a fairly common day on the beach. Amazed you were able to find it. That's a mighty big coast line. You managed to get a very fine image in not so fine conditions (at 1/2000ths the blowing sand still has streaks!). This little one probably wishes it were in the mountains rather than more than knee deep in sand. Love it.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 2, 2016 at 10:43 PM

A photo that really tells a story, Allen. I like this very much; the bird hunkered down, the blowing sand, the bird squinting. This is excellent. Well worth the risk of sand in your zoom lens.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on February 3, 2016 at 11:00 AM

Agree this one really tells a story. One of the better mountain plover images I have seen with a good pose and a complimentary background. Well done.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 3, 2016 at 5:54 PM

Excellent, Allen. I was on one of your beaches once in wind like that and was fearful for my gear. Unfortunately, I didn't come away with anything like this. Very well done.

devil

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