Ruddy Turnstone - Cynthia Van Den Broeke
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Location

Branched Oak SRA
Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 40.9704362, -96.8676911
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

Counted. For real. Never seen so many in one spot. Absolutely spectacular. Nice, plump shorebirds, red-brown on back, white on front and head, marbled with black from face onto neck. Got a blurry photo or two through the scope with a macro lens, but the wind was vibrating the setup, so they are blurry. Will see if any came out to post. First counted 6 and a dunlin together and freaked out (the most I had ever seen before was 4). Swept back through a minute later and the dunlin was gone, but there was a 7th. I scratched my head, wondered if I had accidentally identified a ruddy turnstone as a dunlin, couldn't figure how I coulda done something so stupid, but on a third sweep, found the dunlin right out in front (it moved closer to us by a row of birds) and 10 ruddy turnstones running around together. I decided not to count again. Maybe I should have? :)

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7100
ISO
1600
Focal length
105 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/2.8
Shutter speed
1/80 sec
Dimensions
1447 pixels x 1447 pixels
Original file size
359.78 KB