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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Moira on December 04, 2010, 10:06:01 AM

Title: Ruddy Turnstone & Wilson's Plover
Post by: Moira on December 04, 2010, 10:06:01 AM

Thanks to a couple of our members, I can now I.D. these shorebirds.

1.  Ruddy Turnstone
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5230611960_2571538b9f_z.jpg)(http://

2.  Wilson's Plover
[img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5230574884_390358ea24_z.jpg)

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Post by: denis on December 04, 2010, 02:00:05 PM

WTG moira.
2 i,ve never seen

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Post by: Moira on December 04, 2010, 05:36:17 PM

I've never seen them either Denis.  Thanks to Reuven and Canoncon for the i.d.  I've got some more to process - the part I hate - and I don't know what they are either :)

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Post by: lovetobird on December 05, 2010, 12:55:07 PM

Very nice, I adore the Wilson's Plover image, love the head angle and lighting on that one!

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Post by: Moira on December 05, 2010, 05:00:29 PM

Quote from: "lovetobird"

Very nice, I adore the Wilson's Plover image, love the head angle and lighting on that one!

Thank you.  I took a wander thru your photoblog.  You have some wonderful pictures - very enjoyable.

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Post by: JW Mills on December 05, 2010, 10:26:14 PM

Very nice shorebird images!
The Wilson's Plover is my fave!

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Post by: Moira on December 06, 2010, 07:03:30 PM

Thanks very much John.

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Post by: lovetobird on December 07, 2010, 07:45:14 PM

Quote from: "Moira"

Thank you.  I took a wander thru your photoblog.  You have some wonderful pictures - very enjoyable.

Thanks so much for the visit!

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Post by: ravynne40 on December 08, 2010, 08:49:27 AM

Nice shots Moira! When I first saw my first plover (and other shore birds_ I could not believe how SMALL they really were! I was shocked to find these teeny birds running amuck along the rocks and shores of the lake
pictures can also be deceiving because we can make them look much larger then life :) and they also blend in to their surroundings very well!

Good spotting on these guys

Happy Birding

Irene

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Post by: Moira on December 08, 2010, 08:31:08 PM

Quote from: "ravynne40"

Nice shots Moira! When I first saw my first plover (and other shore birds_ I could not believe how SMALL they really were! I was shocked to find these teeny birds running amuck along the rocks and shores of the lake
pictures can also be deceiving because we can make them look much larger then life :) and they also blend in to their surroundings very well!

Good spotting on these guys

Happy Birding

Irene

Thank you Irene.  I really liked seeing the groups of shorebirds at the ocean's edge, scurrying along.    There was good variety at Fort DeSoto.  It was my first visit and I was pleased.