Woodcock, Magee Marsh OH

It rained yesterday morning, but my friend Rich and I got out to the Magee Marsh boardwalk (The Biggest Week in American Birding) late in the day, after 5PM. There were still lots of birds feeding and moving…warblers at eye-level…Magee at its best. We walked right past this Woodcock probing the mud along the edge of the channel under the east end of the boardwalk. A more observant birder behind us pointed it out and we spent 10 minutes watching it work along the edge of the water, within feet of the photographers and birders on the boardwalk above it.

Nikon P900 at 550mm equivalent field of view. 1/60th @ ISO 450 @ f5. Procesed in Lightroom.