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Shoot 2024-09-02-073405

After a couple attempts down at the local wetlands, I was able to photograph my lifer Red Knot. It was a juvenile that had luckily been hanging around for a number of days. Another birder was kind enough to point out the bird to me after I had nearly given up looking for it. It was in the expected pond so I'm not sure how I overlooked it, but a juvenile Peregrine Falcon had been stirring up all the shorebirds so perhaps it had moved from one end of the pond to another. I also got some shots of a couple Pectoral Sandpiper, which I hadn't seen this year after looking a few times. Other folks had reported Short-billed Dowitchers, which would be a lifer for me, but the few Dowitchers there were not vocal and I didn't see any of the somewhat distinctive juvenile plumage Short-billed.

My "birds in review" collages can be found here.

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3:11PM Thursday August 29, 2024

3:12PM Thursday August 29, 2024

I used Photoshop to blend an exposure where the mushroom cap was sharp with another exposure where the stem was sharp.

7:33AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs

7:33AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs

7:33AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs

7:33AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs

7:36AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile)

7:36AM Saturday August 31, 2024

Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile)

This young Peregrine was hunting the shorebirds gathered in the pond. The "landing gear" deployed here looks menacing but, at least while I was watching, it wasn't able to actually catch anything. I'm not sure how all the shorebirds avoid being caught! The Peregrine was moving extremely fast at times.