Vicki Barron Lakeside Trail Aug 25

[Ally]

I really love the place, so I went there again, and SS was so right about more shorebirds, too bad I don't know them

[Ally]

I only know they are sandpipers, the first one is more brownish

[Ally]

Lesser yellowlegs?

[Shortsighted]

Successful outing.
Wilson's Snipe, Least sandpiper, Semipalmated sandpiper (?), Lesser Yellowlegs.
I wish that I was there .... or, anywhere!

[Ally]

Successful outing.
Wilson's Snipe, Least sandpiper, Semipalmated sandpiper (?), Lesser Yellowlegs.
I wish that I was there .... or, anywhere!

Thank you. It was a great place to be. I love how the pics come out like watercolour paintings. which is really funny because they are really colours of water.

[Shortsighted]

Except for the shots of the snipe, why does it appear that you are looking down
from a great distance? Assuming you are shooting at 600mm it must be quite
a distance. I find that using a thick rubber exercise mat as long as your whole
body and laying down on it gets you down-to-earth without getting dirty. If acute
flexion of your neck is too uncomfortable, as it might be when prone on a mat
(and on your stomach) then a backpack stuffed under your upper body, from
arm-pit to arm-pit, it will take some strain off your neck. I much prefer to be
almost flat with my lens just inches from the sand, muck or grass for the most
interesting shots but that position cannot be maintained for very long. Taking
analgesics should not be a part of birding.

[Ally]

Except for the shots of the snipe, why does it appear that you are looking down
from a great distance? Assuming you are shooting at 600mm it must be quite
a distance. I find that using a thick rubber exercise mat as long as your whole
body and laying down on it gets you down-to-earth without getting dirty. If acute
flexion of your neck is too uncomfortable, as it might be when prone on a mat
(and on your stomach) then a backpack stuffed under your upper body, from
arm-pit to arm-pit, it will take some strain off your neck. I much prefer to be
almost flat with my lens just inches from the sand, muck or grass for the most
interesting shots but that position cannot be maintained for very long. Taking
analgesics should not be a part of birding.

They were in a distance, and I was on a bridge when I discovered those skittish snipes quickly retreating behind the reeds, so I had very little time, and nowhere to lay down for better shots.

[Shortsighted]

Ah, I see, fair enough.
Exploring a new location is fraught with this kind of sudden
discovery and not being prepared for a fleeting encounter.
I remember the fist time I ran into Bigfoot and my camera
was still stowed away in my backpack. Totally unprepared
I was, he knew, we blew it. Now that you know the lay of the
land maybe you can get there early enough to pick a stake-out
location and lay in waiting, covered in tasteful camo and
muttering to yourself "they'll never know what hit em". Ah,
those were the days, ... brings back memories. I think I'm
starting to cry.

[Dinusaur]

Wow, lovely assortment of shorebirds - appears to be a nice place to visit. I wished we have plenty of mud flats around. Cranberry Marsh in Whitby appears to be another excellent location for shorebirds this year.

[Ally]

Wow, lovely assortment of shorebirds - appears to be a nice place to visit. I wished we have plenty of mud flats around. Cranberry Marsh in Whitby appears to be another excellent location for shorebirds this year.

I may check it out soon. Yes, the pipers are just soooooo cute!