Posted by Rob Howard on February 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Canon EOS 1D MKII, 600mm IS f4, 1.4xconv, G1321, G1548, f7.1, 1/640, ISO 400, RAW, RSE, CS2.
Hi All,
As the long staying WCS is still at Cley decided to spend my day off there to get images of the little fella. I was surprised how "showy" it was and as there was only about a dozen people there not to much of a scrum. Once I had my fill there went off to Salthouse and got Snow Buntings, Dunlin and Turnstone.
If your undecided whether to go and see the WCS, I would go it comes within about 10 metres and is a lovely little bird.
All comments welcome
Regards
Rob
Posted by John Chapman on February 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Great capture Rob
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Stuart McCrae on February 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Nice capture Rob,was worth the drive up there then.
Stu.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 18, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Of course its showy its an american bird-they always have it easy, I have shot these in the states and they are a lovely bird-you have done well to get it in the open-although they do like to sit on top of scrub/bushes
Dave
Posted by David Kjaer on February 18, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Hi Rob
Love the pose and detail you have captured!
David
Posted by Craig Nash on February 18, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Well Done this has to be one of the most photographed birds ever.
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 18, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Hi Rob,
It's a cracker!
Posted by Tim Munsey on February 18, 2008 at 2:32 PM
A good record shot, glad you've wound the window down
Tim
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 18, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Nicely captured Rob. The BG is a bit distracting but with this bird it dont look as though its ever going to perch in the open.
Major.
Posted by Paul Ashton on February 18, 2008 at 4:40 PM
A nice one Rob. This is only the third record of this species in the UK. Much photographed and much observed. Traffic jams in Cley for the past several weeks. Raised so much money they'll be able to build a new church.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 18, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Hi Rob , good capture of a very rare bird , missed out on going for this a couple of weeks ago.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by eric weight on February 19, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Nicely done Rob. How on earth does something this size fly here from the States - absolutely amazing nature isn't it? Eric
Posted by Rob Howard on February 19, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the kind comments, I'm guessing it's a once in a lifetime chance to see it in the UK so that is why I went.
Eric, people believe the bird would have started it's migration south from Canada and got caught up in a storm which took it out into the Atlantic, where it would have landed on a boat for refuge, unlucky for the bird this boat was heading to the UK and not the States, the boat would have docked somewhere along the East coast of the UK (Grimsby for example) and from there it's made it's way down the coast and landed in North Norfolk, pretty amazing chain of events really!!
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13 repliesHi All,
As the long staying WCS is still at Cley decided to spend my day off there to get images of the little fella. I was surprised how "showy" it was and as there was only about a dozen people there not to much of a scrum. Once I had my fill there went off to Salthouse and got Snow Buntings, Dunlin and Turnstone.
If your undecided whether to go and see the WCS, I would go it comes within about 10 metres and is a lovely little bird.
All comments welcome
Regards
Rob
John
Aberdeen
Stu.
Dave
Love the pose and detail you have captured!
David
It's a cracker!
Tim
Major.
Hi Rob , good capture of a very rare bird , missed out on going for this a couple of weeks ago.
Regards
Andy...
Thanks for all the kind comments, I'm guessing it's a once in a lifetime chance to see it in the UK so that is why I went.
Eric, people believe the bird would have started it's migration south from Canada and got caught up in a storm which took it out into the Atlantic, where it would have landed on a boat for refuge, unlucky for the bird this boat was heading to the UK and not the States, the boat would have docked somewhere along the East coast of the UK (Grimsby for example) and from there it's made it's way down the coast and landed in North Norfolk, pretty amazing chain of events really!!
Regards
Rob