3/30/2011: Avocet Elegance, Wings on Wednesday
On March 30, 2011 by lightshedder With 0 Comments
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For Wings on Wednesday we have the the American Avocet, one of the most elegant of birds. It stands, often on one leg, with its classic coloring and long upturned bill…it feeds by sweeping that bill horizontally through shallow water (see video below)…altogether elegant.
This bird is at Famosa Slough in San Diego California.
Canon SD4000IS behind the new 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL spotting scope for the equivalent field of view of approximately a 3000mm lens. 1/500 @ ISO 125, f8.5 effective.
Processed for clarity and sharpness in Lightroom.
And the video. Also taken with the Canon through the spotting scope.
American Avocet feeding at Famosa Slough, San Diego CA