ML141721511
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- Sex
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Observation details
The best feeling in birding! After a good two hours of wandering the flats, increasingly feeling as if I'd never find the bird I'd come all this way to see, I got the gut-punch feeling of "goodness, that's it!" when I spotted the Pec standing well and truly by itself... except for a Double Banded Plover of which it seemed very fond! Interesting to note this association with the Plover, as my old friend from Orielton in 2018 was almost always a lot happier with Plovers (usually Golden) than the Sharp Tails. I spent a minute or so absorbing the little details; the pleasantly stout build in contrast to the Sharpies, the long, thick, shockingly orange beak and much milder manners, before it randomly flushed into the middle of the lake and was never seen again. This smartest of waders has long been a favourite of mine; I can't overstate my delight at tracking down this much loved bird!
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P610
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 516 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1600 pixels x 1200 pixels
- Original file size
- 802.97 KB