Birding before dawn
While waiting for sunrise when I was out on the prairie I stopped at a small roadside slough where there were a variety of shorebirds milling about. One Avocet and two Black-necked stilts were curious about my nighttime activities and stayed close by.
It was too dark for the camera to expose the birds as they moved around so I used a flash set on low power to illuminate the Avocet swimming a few yards off the shoreline. The stilt found that quite intriguing and circled me on land and in the air a couple of times before I carried on towards the eastern glow.
It was too dark for the camera to expose the birds as they moved around so I used a flash set on low power to illuminate the Avocet swimming a few yards off the shoreline. The stilt found that quite intriguing and circled me on land and in the air a couple of times before I carried on towards the eastern glow.
Christopher Martin Photography 
wow, nice shots, really fantastic
July 9, 2015 at 10:46 pm
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July 8, 2015 at 2:52 am
I have never seen these birds! Just wonderful, thank you once again.
July 7, 2015 at 7:31 pm