This afternoon I drove past the flooded field and stopped briefly to see what was about. One of the Pectoral Sandpipers was pretty close and damnit I didn't have my camera. I dropped some stuff off at one of the donation places in town, then to the Pets Mart to get the felines more food, then into the Target to check out pots and pans that will work on our new cooktop. Dont ask. So an hour or more later I drove past again, got some dinner underway and shot back out but this time with the camera. The light was a still a bit harsh at 4pm and fair bit of heat distortion in the 86F (30C) temperature. Luckily the Pectoral was still quite close and many shots later I noticed that some of the Least Sandpipers were just about 5-6 yards away. They were under the 6M reduced focus range of my lens so I had to switch to the full focus range to get them. From the first shot at 4:03 PM to the last at 4:22PM I took 2627 images! I had to give up because sitting in a hot car without the engine running and no A/C the sweat was running down into my eyes. How I suffer for my art!
It reminded me of my first Pectoral Sandpiper, one evening somewhere in Northamptonshire back in the early 70's. I bet Ken would remember where it was, it was also my first sighting of the legendary Big Jake and his sidekick Kerry.
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Pectoral and Least Sandpiper |
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