ML72180831

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

I first turned north from the restroom beach access trail, searching for both SNPL and Golden Plover. About 1/4 mile north, I found another birder (Sergei Polozov) who said he'd seen 16 SNPL at this spot, but most had flown south after unleashed dogs had chased them away. There were still two SNPL about 30 feet from where we were standing. I asked him if he'd seen the Golden Plover. He had not. After visiting a few minutes, we parted ways. I then turned south and found one more SNPL (at the wrack line) just 100 yards or so south of the beach access point. I kept walking south until I finally found eleven more SNPL, feeding and resting along the wrack line, about 200 or 300 yards north of the first creek that runs into the ocean from a row of houses (Henderson Creek??). After taking photos, I walked back to the beach access, where I encountered Wayne Hoffman, who was coming in search of the Golden Plover. I told him I'd searched about a quarter mile north earlier and had not seen it. He headed south while I went to my car and put away my tripod and scope. I then returned to the beach and headed north, again renewing my search of the Golden Plover, which I located rather quickly, hanging with two Snowy Plovers. I called Wayne, who made his way back north where we both watched and photographed the Golden Plover. Approx. half of the 16 birds had leg bands on both legs. I did my best to try and document all the birds with leg bands and have identified 8 birds in my photos that appear to have different leg bands. Some are a bit hard to see (poor lighting and/or sand over the bands). I tried to show different ones in my photos listed here.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 60D

ISO

250

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/3200 sec

Dimensions

1155 pixels x 876 pixels

Original file size

176.01 KB