Shorebird
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beautiful sunset and waves on the beach
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beautiful night on the beach
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beautiful night at the beach
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a beautiful night at the beach ( slow shutter speed)
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extreme sunset reflections
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White migrating Pelicans pose for family portrait.
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Sanibel Island, on the southern Gulf shore of Florida, is a lovely place to vacation. It is considered a sheller’s paradise and is ranked number one of American beaches noted for seashells. It also has some glorious sunrises and sunsets; this was daybreak on the island in late July 2008.
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This great blue heron was regularly on the beach right alongside the people who were swimming, fishing, lounging, reading, sunbathing. I didn’t see anybody feeding him as this is strictly forbidden, but he stayed close to his human neighbors nonetheless. When I took a close look at this photo on my computer, I noticed a fishing string which seems to be trailing from his left side. It doesn’t seem to be interfering with his eating, flying, or regular bird activities. He looked at me inquisitively as I got closer and closer to him, but he didn’t budge one inch as I clicked away within just a few feet of him.
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Images copyright ©Kimberly Palmer. / Copying, displaying, manipulating or redistribution of any image from this portfolio without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited
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Sandpipers taking flying lesson’s / . / /
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Willets,(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) large sandpiper of the interior West and the ocean beaches, are in a courting and mating process. The male is on the left. The Willet is known by its piercing calls and bright black-and-white flashing wings. It is the only North American sandpiper whose breeding range extends southward into the tropics. I will donate 50% of all proceeds from the sale of this image and the ones below to the American Bird Conservancy And the T-Shirt below —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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A Great White Egret takes off into the air from the docks at the Jensen Beach, Florida Causeway pier.
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Here a few clues / i got long legs when i grow up my leggs will be even longer / My color will change as well but i not telling what the colors are / that will give it away.. I was photographed near water… that’s were i get my food.. / soon as someone guesses Nancy will put my mother up… as she photographed her as well…. / This is the mother of the baby Black Neck Stilt Baby.. / a Featured in Bubble Jepardy
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photograph of the Black Neck Stilt Baby shorebird / This little guy and his siblings where walking along the water edge of the marsh… with the parents near by guarding them.. The babies are only four inches high photographed at Shorebird Marsh / Corta Madera, Ca / Camera used N90S film camera / Lens used 200 to 400 mm auto fucus / Film used New Ektar 100 print ..
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A wetlands area I frequently visit to enjoy nature, and often to capture beautiful photographic images, was the source of this image. This 25 cm. shorebird has a heroic behaviour trait that appeals to me, and I am sure it will to you too. Wikipedia says (look for the trait I am referring to): These birds forage for food in fields, mudflats, and shores, usually by sight. They mainly eat insects. Their name comes from their frequently heard call. These birds will frequently use the “broken-wing act” to distract predators from their nests. This involves the bird walking away from its nesting area holding its wing in a position that simulates an injury and then flapping around on the ground emitting a distress call. The predators then think they have easy prey and are attracted to this seemingly injured bird and away from the nest. If the parent sees that a potential predator is not following them, they will move closer and get louder until they get the attention of the predator. To see the Killdeer broken wing act, click here To hear the “kill deer” song of these birds, click here Image captured near Campbell River, British Columbia, using a Nikon D300, with an f4 Nikkor 600 mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter, on a Gitzo monopod, ISO 320, F13, 1/640s.
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A Caribbean Flamingo taking care of its gorgeous feathers.
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During the migrations, birds that are not normally seen on a day by day basis show up. The marsh is a great place to see these visitors. In this case, a greater Yellow Legs passes through south coast of British Columbia on its migration. I captured the image of this bird in the estuary of the Fraser River, where many water birds gather to feed during their journeys. I captured this image using a Nikon D300, with a Nikkor f4 600 mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter, on a monopod with these settings: ISO 400, -0.67 EV, f13, 1/500s. I intend to use this image in my 2010 calendar celebrating water birds.
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Texas Two Step is actually a country western dance. These little shorebirds I see on the lake remind me of dancing with their quick little hurried steps and tiny footprints trails they leave behind in the sand.
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While shooting shorebirds at Sandy Hook, I noticed a juvenile common tern screaming loudly on the end of a jetty with mom and dad nowhere in sight. I climbed out onto the rocks and figured if I waited long enough a parent might come and feed it. Twenty minutes later I saw an adult tern fishing just off the jetty. After awhile it caught a small fish, and quickly flew to the rocks and fed the juvenile. Sandy Hook – Gateway National Park / Middletown, New Jersey August 20, 2009 Canon EOS 50D / Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS
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After spending the morning at Monomoy NWR, I went to my favorite salt marsh in Chatham to look for some afternoon migrants. This is a pair of greater yellowlegs in flight over the marsh. The greater yellowlegs forages in salt marshes, tidal pools and the ocean tide line. Using their bill to stir up the water, they eat little fish, as well as small crabs, shrimp and marine worms. Although the species doesn’t breed on Cape Cod, they are routinely seen during migration. Buck’s Creek – Ridgevale Beach / Chatham, Massachusetts September 1, 2009 EOS 50D / Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS
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3d art render of a Sandhill Crane Made with bryce 3d, and Ken Gilliland’s SongBird Rimix, ShoreBirds volume 1, Wading Birds. / http://www.empken.com/SongbirdReMix/ / Some post work with photoshop The Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska’s Sandhills in the American midwest. This is the most important stopover area for the Lesser Sandhill Crane, (Grus canadensis canadensis), with up to 450,000 of these birds migrating through annually. Adults are gray overall; during breeding, the plumage is usually much worn and stained, particularly in the migratory populations, and looks nearly ochre. The sandhill crane has a red forehead, white cheeks and a long dark pointed bill. Its long dark legs trail behind in flight, and the long neck is kept straight in flight. Immature birds have reddish brown upperparts and gray underparts. The sexes look alike. Size varies among the different subspecies. This crane frequently gives a loud trumpeting call that suggests a French-style “r” rolled in the throat, and they can be heard from a long distance. Mated pairs of cranes engage in “unison calling.” The cranes stand close together, calling in a synchronized and complex duet. The female makes two calls for every single call of the male. The only other large grayish-bodied bird of North America is the Great Blue Heron. This heron is of similar dimensions to the Sandhill Crane and is sometimes mistakenly called a crane, even though it is very different in plumage details and build. Like other herons, it flies with its neck tucked toward the body. The sandhill crane’s large wingspan, which is 6-8 feet when fully grown, makes this a very skilled soaring bird similar in style to hawks and eagles. Utilizing thermals to obtain lift, they can stay aloft for many hours, requiring only occasional flapping of their wings and consequently expending little energy. With migratory flocks containing hundreds of birds, they can create clear outlines of the normally invisible rising columns of air (thermals) that they ride. It has been said that Sandhill Cranes have been spotted devouring their young if the parents recognize weakness in a young bird. This seems unlikely. Cranes do devour the young of other species, like ducklings, especially when they are raising crane colts. However, cranes are gentle to their own injured colts and attentive to the corpses of their young. The Sandhill Crane flies south for the winter. In their wintering areas they form flocks of over 10,000 birds. One place to observe this is at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 100 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Just before Thanksgiving every year there is a Sandhill Crane Festival there. Use a search engine and get the information and go to this natural wonder. Their breeding habitat is marshes and bogs in central and northern Canada, Alaska, part of the midwestern and southeastern United States, Siberia and Cuba. They nest in marsh vegetation or on the ground close to water. The female lays two eggs on a mound of vegetation, but it is rare that both chicks hatch and grow to independence. Cranes mate for life; both parents feed the young, called “colts”, who are soon able to feed themselves. The colts are taught to fly over many weeks when they run and dance with their parents. Dancing is a significant component in the education of young cranes.[10] The Sandhill Crane does not breed until it is two to seven years old, and the average generation time is 12.5 years. It can live up to 25 years in the wild; in captivity it has been known to live more than twice that span. Mated pairs stay together year-round and migrate south as a group with their offspring. Eggs and nestling cranes are eaten by crows, ravens, canids, hawks, eagles, and raccoons. Adult cranes are preyed on by foxes, coyotes, eagles, wolves, bobcats, and large owls. When approached by an avian predator, sandhill cranes will fly at the predator, kicking at it with their feet. When aware of a mammalian predator, sandhill cranes move toward the predator with their wings spread and their bill pointed at the predator. If the predator persists, sandhill cranes will attack, hissing, stabbing with their bills and kicking with their feet. The cranes tend to be more aggressive while protecting their young. Mammalian predators are generally more likely to prey on adult cranes while they are distracted by nesting These birds forage while walking in shallow water or in fields, sometimes probing with their bills. They are omnivorous, eating insects, aquatic plants and animals, rodents, seeds and berries. Outside of the nesting season, they forage in large flocks, often in cultivated areas. In many western states and provinces of Canada, Sandhill Cranes are hunted during waterfowl seasons. The meat is reportedly among the better-tasting gamebirds. The Florida subspecies is often seen in residential yards, and these birds seem little afraid of human approach. These visitors will eat shelled corn and commercially purchased bird seed from the ground and from feeders. They may be seen in yards in north-central Florida virtually year-round, often in pairs that may be accompanied by a juvenile. Myakka River State Park, just 50 miles south of Tampa, is a wonderful site to observe them although all around central Florida you may see them in empty farm fields from November to February. Though the Sandhill Crane is not considered threatened as a species, the three southernmost subspecies are quite rare. While the migratory birds could at least choose secure breeding habitat, the resident populations could not, and many subpopulations were destroyed by hunting or habitat change. However, initially the Greater Sandhill crane proper suffered most from persecution; by 1940 probably fewer than 1,000 birds remained. They have since increased greatly again, though with nearly 100,000 individuals they are still less plentiful than the Lesser Sandhill Crane, which numbers over 400,000 individuals, making the species the most plentiful crane alive today. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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This lovely Cattle Egret decided to pose for me… but wouldn’t look me in the eye. I have many pix of her wading along the lake edge. / Image taken at Cape Canaveral, Florida Now if someone wants to correct me on this species of bird..please feel free…. I’m sure I won’t get them all named correctly and don’t mind the advice!!! Canon Posershot SX200IS / Focal length/60 / F/8 / Exposure time/ 1/500
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These roseated spoonbills in the “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island FL were dancing about as the sun was ready to set and they were ready to leave for their evening roosts. One lone immature white ibis seemed to be watching in wonder. Canon 40D / 100-400mm lens / F:6 / Shutter 1/1000 / ISO 500 / 400mm
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