ML351081621
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- Edad
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- Sexo
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Detalles de la observación
I was just about at the end of the beach when I saw two birds standing apart from the two distinct mega-flocks, one being the Double-Bandeds and the other being the Gulls and Terns... I was curious enough that I zoomed in to check... and... a Gull and a CURLEW peered back at me!!! I know this is a favourite spot of the Curlews, so I was even more surprised that this was actually the very first time I've had them here, or indeed in the entirety of the North!!! Eventually, a bunch of Plovers startled it and virtually everything else, and so the Curlew wheeled around in a big arc with those beautifully wild, mournful cries... and, as it came in to land, I realised it wasn't alone!!! Somewhere along the way, it'd picked up a friend... and when they came to land in the Gull and Tern roost there turned out to be yet another Curlew already there!!! The three of them were as cautious as Curlews always are, but they were also a lot more composed than many that I've bagged before; they always watched me, but they were happy enough with the idea that I wasn't about to hunt them down that they eventually started feeding and even getting a little irritated at one of the Plovers!! I really enjoyed my photoshoots with each of them in turn, especially one particular female bird with a bill that, even by the standards of the Curlews, was incredibly long and down curved!!! Few birds are as dignified and handsome as the ever-cautious Curlew, and today only cemented this fine reputation...
Información técnica
- Model
- COOLPIX B600
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 179.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.84 MB