{"id":1985,"date":"2011-03-30T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/03\/30\/3302011-avocet-elegance-wings-on-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T05:08:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T10:08:32","slug":"3302011-avocet-elegance-wings-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1985","title":{"rendered":"3\/30\/2011: Avocet Elegance, Wings on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/San-Diego-2011\/16043432_fDpX4#1207013212_dGnrj-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 10px auto; display: block; float: none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/San-Diego-2011\/IMG1527\/1207013212_dGnrj-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2026it feeds by sweeping that bill horizontally through shallow water (see video below)\u2026altogether elegant. <\/p>\n<p>This bird is at Famosa Slough in San Diego California.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Processed for clarity and sharpness in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>And the video. Also taken with the Canon through the spotting scope. <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 708px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:4aa67f23-be9b-4d2a-8fe3-c542c7ae2370\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><object width=\"708\" height=\"397\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZAkA3hS2etQ?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:708px;clear:both;font-size:.8em\">American Avocet feeding at Famosa Slough, San Diego CA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1985\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1985&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1985\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1985&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1985&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Wings on Wednesday we have the the American Avocet, one of the most elegant of birds. 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