Birding before dawn

Black-legged stilt in Nanton - © Christopher Martin-4044
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.
Avocet in Nanton - © Christopher Martin-4036It 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.
Black-legged stilt in Nanton - © Christopher Martin-4074
Black-legged stilt in Nanton - © Christopher Martin-4053

3 responses

  1. Frazee's avatar
    Frazee

    wow, nice shots, really fantastic

    July 9, 2015 at 10:46 pm

  2. Reblogged this on lakeso.

    July 8, 2015 at 2:52 am

  3. I have never seen these birds! Just wonderful, thank you once again.

    July 7, 2015 at 7:31 pm

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