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Semipalmated Plover | Birding/Photo Cafe
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I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. W. C. Fields. Silver Strands State Beach in San Diego, CA. The term “semipalmated” refers to its partly webbed feet. It has been seen swimming short distances across small water channels during foraging while on migration. Chicks also swim short distances to follow parents to small islets on shallow lakes. Sharing with- Wild Bird Wednesday. 7 thoughts on “ Semipalmated Plover. March 3, 2015 at 1:15 pm. March 3, 2015 at 1:29 pm.
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Joe Wynn Photography: February 2013
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Monday, 4 February 2013. Down and Out in Manchester and Rhyl. That low, early morning winter sun really helps here. But its not all Buntings on the seeded patch, this Meadow Pipit has grown bold with the extensive disturbance and as a result has become quite tame. Even down to eye-level. And that bit of luck required to get something more special. But soon the bunts were back and my attention drawn away from this unobtrusive LBJ. A stunning male struts his stuff. This one appears to be trying to hide!
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Joe Wynn Photography: Scilly Birding
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Further off, but with better light. And a few Snipe. On the tip off of a local, I decided to catch Joe Pender's Sapphire Pelagic out that evening, even though it'd be very late in the season for anything and there was rain forecast. Good call as it turned out. I stopped on Hugh Town beach for some Turnstones. Looking at the people on the quayside above. And this surprisingly pale Gannet. As dark drew near we saw more stormies and shearwaters, and Joe caught 3 blue sharks. ...
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Joe Wynn Photography: July 2013
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Friday, 19 July 2013. My blog, my blog, why have you forsaken me? Of late i've been something of a vagrant, i've wandered over Manchestor and the UK generally in search of, well, nothing really. But spent a belting three days up in Scotland, the details of which I will regail the discerning reader with in due time, but for now some pure, unadulterated action from my most favourite inshore small island in Sutherland: Handa! So imagine a really sunnny coupl'a days (hard isn't it? But what Handa is renowned...
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Joe Wynn Photography: September 2014
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Further off, but with better light. And a few Snipe. On the tip off of a local, I decided to catch Joe Pender's Sapphire Pelagic out that evening, even though it'd be very late in the season for anything and there was rain forecast. Good call as it turned out. I stopped on Hugh Town beach for some Turnstones. Looking at the people on the quayside above. And this surprisingly pale Gannet. As dark drew near we saw more stormies and shearwaters, and Joe caught 3 blue sharks. ...
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Joe Wynn Photography: April 2013
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013. The Mountains Afar', Mull 2013- Part I. Lord Byron once wrote of Scotland that. England thy beauties are tame and domestic. To one who has roved on the mountains afar'. But in the evenings I noticed some behaviour i'd never seen before in Divers, rafting. This is when many birds gather together in a huddle on the sea. But Divers are nearly always singletons, or at best are found in small groups. Therefore the sight of 27 one evening was something of a surprise. But then you're off...
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Joe Wynn Photography: September 2013
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Thursday, 26 September 2013. Transportation (Or 'Nice Pecs'). One of the things I find odd (and I suspect everyone else finds acutely annoying) about photography is the way I can completely ignore the passage of time. Lunchtime? Time to catch the train home? No idea. It all passes me by. Which is fantastic in a way, I can think of very few things that can so totally absorb you as photography. Picking towards me indirectly, you could acutally see its footprints in the soft mud. Sunday, 1 September 2013.
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Lintuilua - Birding: heinäkuuta 2015
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Pieniä hetkiä lintuharrastuksesta, luonnosta ja urbaanista. Tiistai 28. heinäkuuta 2015. Ehkäpä tämäkin on eräs Lokki Joonatan. Ei sitä koskaan tiedä…. Minä olin lentäjän poika. Lähes sankari siis itsekin. Vielä lentäisin korkeammalle kuin muut. Maybe this is the one of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. You never know…. I was the son of the pilot. So almost I was a hero also by my own. Someday I would be flying higher than others. Even higher than father’s flight. Translation is made by me. Kuvat saa isommaks...
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Lintuilua - Birding: toukokuuta 2015
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Pieniä hetkiä lintuharrastuksesta, luonnosta ja urbaanista. Perjantai 29. toukokuuta 2015. Ja, toisenlainen retki . T ovat temperamenttisia lintuja. Niillä on vähän väliä jokin tilanne. Järjestämälle yölaulaja-retkelle. Yleensä Tringan retket ovat viikonloppuisin, enkä siksi koskaan pääse niihin mukaan. Tämä nyt järjestettiin viikolla. Odotustani lisäsi se, että retkellä käveltäisiin Lammassaareen. Upeaa, että niin paljon oli retkeläisiä! No, nyt jäi vielä tunnistamatta ne minulle muutamat oudot laulajat...
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Lintuilua - Birding: helmikuuta 2015
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Pieniä hetkiä lintuharrastuksesta, luonnosta ja urbaanista. Keskiviikko 25. helmikuuta 2015. En ole lintuillut viikkoon, koska minulle tehtiin pieni operaatio. Toivottavasti ensi viikonloppuna taas pystyisi. Eilen kuitenkin näin parvekkeeltani kanahaukan. Upeaa lentoa. Kuinka ketterästi haukka tekikään väistöliikkeitä, kun varis sitä jahtasi. Näytti kuin haukka ilmassa oikein odotti, että varis tulisi päälle, ja kun se meni, niin haukka teki nopean väistöliikkeen. Upeaa katsottavaa! Saimme fysioterapeuti...