ML200206141

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Media notes

This is the shot with both Pecs together!!

Observation details

It was an instant, knee jerk reaction. I’d been scanning the multitude of Sharp Tails in the succulents for some fifteen minutes when I saw the bizarre form of what looked for all the world like a tiny Snipe, such was the rich pattern on the back! After a second, I knew that I’d done it; here it was! Another beloved American, this one daintily built and tiny compared to any other I’ve ever seen!! It was far more alarmed by me than the Sharp Tails; somehow, it knew I was after it and it alone there. It leapt to its feet and proceeded to scurry into the Sharp Tails clump, standing tall and nervous, constantly stretching it’s wings in every direction as the Sharpies showed little concern. What a beautiful, beautiful little sylph of a Pec she (I suspect it was so) was!!! Her neck was so fine! Her eye so small and dark! She eventually vanished amongst the succulents, losing her nerve... and it was only later that my old theory was proven true again!! When the Golden Plovers came in to roost, I wondered if the Pec would choose to join them, as Pecs always prefer their quieter company... and there she was!! Most astoundingly of all, though, I was looking through my photos when, in a single shot, an absolutely identical Pec was scurrying up behind my bird!!!!! This is something I totally did not expect, and shows just how surprising the Waders can be!

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P610

ISO

100

Focal length

412.8 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

1600 pixels x 1200 pixels

Original file size

901.25 KB