Photos from three separate outings are shown here. On the last outing, I was closely looking at sandpipers when a larger bird landed in a shallow pool. I determined that it was a godwit... it did seem small to me but I didn't think too much of it. The light wasn't coming from a good angle but I took a bunch of shots (since I'd only seen godwits a couple times before). I was fortunate to get some in-flight shots. Other birders later came upon the bird and found it to be a Hudsonian Godwit — pretty rare in my county and a lifer for me. If I had known the bird was rare I would have stayed longer to watch it, but I'm glad to have had it fall right into my lap.
I was also happy to get my best ever shots of a Lesser Yellowlegs, which for me is an uncommon sighting. It was nice to see the Hudsonian Godwit and Lesser Yellowlegs right next to each other for a good relative size comparison.
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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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6:59AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
6:59AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:00AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:01AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:01AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
7:02AM Tuesday August 01, 2023
Rufous Hummingbird
6:46AM Thursday August 03, 2023
American Bittern
6:46AM Thursday August 03, 2023
American Bittern
7:15AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:16AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:16AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:16AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:17AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:18AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Red-shouldered Hawk
7:56AM Thursday August 03, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs
8:23AM Thursday August 03, 2023
California Quail (Juvenile), California QuailI think this was my first time seeing an entire quail covey. I very slowly went by them. As I got near, the babies hid in the brush. All the adults abandoned the young and ran down the path ahead of me a ways before themselves running into the brush for cover. After I passed, the adults emerged and ran back down the path. The young ones then emerged and they resumed foraging on the gravel. I'm not sure if it was happenstance, but it seems a bit like the adults were fine to have me "chase" them a bit, as if they were luring me away from their young.
8:24AM Thursday August 03, 2023
California Quail
8:33AM Thursday August 03, 2023
California Quail (Juvenile), California Quail
8:35AM Thursday August 03, 2023
California Quail (Juvenile), California Quail
8:35AM Thursday August 03, 2023
California Quail (Juvenile), California Quail
7:48AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:48AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:48AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:48AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:49AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian GodwitI used the Photoshop beta "generative extend" feature to extend the frame in front of the bird. It worked fairly well, but I had to clean up the somewhat visible "seam" between the original edge of the frame and the newly-generated pixels.
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian GodwitThis shot was pretty sharp but I didn't quite get the entire wing in frame. I tried using the Photoshop beta "generative extend" feature to extend the frame, but it didn't look very good. Maybe I'll be able to revisit this image in the future and fix it with future machine learning software.
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian GodwitI extended the sky background in front of the bird using Photoshop.
7:51AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:06AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:06AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:06AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian GodwitI used the Photoshop beta "generative fill" feature to remove the bathroom activity the Lesser Yellowlegs was performing. I was surprised by how nicely it worked when re-creating bubbles and shadows on the water.
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian GodwitI used the Photoshop beta "generative fill" feature to remove the dead crayfish from behind the godwit's head. It worked great.
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian GodwitI used the Photoshop beta "generative fill" feature to remove the dead crayfish from behind the godwit's head in this shot as well. It worked great.
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit
8:07AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:08AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:08AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:08AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit
8:10AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:10AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:14AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Hudsonian Godwit
8:22AM Saturday August 05, 2023
Green Heron
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