Birds Dunlin

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Dunlin at Crescent Beach, Canada

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Are these ones not real fond of people?

 

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Are these ones not real fond of people?

I don't know, Clint. I give them lots of space and try not to startle them. I've never seen them approach people.

They can be found on the mudflats in the environmentally sensitive area at Blackie Spit. There's signage that asks that people avoid disturbing the wildlife. Birders in the area will scold you if you do.

"... it sits on the busy Pacific Flyway, a migration route that goes between Alaska and South America. Every year, the South Fraser Bird Trail is inundated with thousands of migratory birds who rely on this area for refuelling and resting during their long migratory journeys." - Source

PS - Hoodless, maskless, still wearing a cape?

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

We have ones like those around here and they hang out with the Oyster Catchers, any sniff of a human and they're out of there!

Lol! Well, at this point I'm pretty much naked hey..!
I've never used social media and when I was about 22 or so, my girlfriend at the time basically went crazy because she said I 'had' to have Facebook. Anyway, she made a Facebook for me which I never logged in to. When I broke up with her and she told me that I think I'm superman. So I logged into FB and got a picture of me with no shirt on, hand drew a cape on in paintbrush and put it as my profile picture. She went nuts..! I deleted it all a week later. So now everyone knows my complete Facebook career, there ya go...

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice shots. We get around 40,000 of these on our most local big lake in Winter.

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Dunlin Golden Hour Roosting Rush...........

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It was dark with a heavy mist when I shot this yesterday morning.
I had been creeping up slowly to get closer to the Great Blue Heron in the lower foreground when I heard the Dunlin approaching. I raised the camera to catch the Dunlin as they soared by.

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 320

Here's the Great Blue Heron

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 197.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 185.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 320

Sometimes they look so goofy

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 5000

 

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This could be a scene from a 1950s sci-fi horror flick.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 16000

It was still early morning in this light under heavily overcast skies and rain. These Dunlin looked metallic. Flying toward you. with featureless faces, they looked like tiny silver projectiles with wings.

Spoiler: Peakaboo

The reason you can't see their faces or beaks is that they are flying away.

 

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It's not unusual to see Dunlin at high tide this time of year, but I don't recall seeing Seagulls interacting with them like this.
The weather was typical for this time of year; it was overcast with steady rain.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 16000

Swooping in on the Dunlin on the ground and setting them off.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 16000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 385.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 16000

One of these things is not like the others.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 16000