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Motif: American Avocet Imitating a Sprinkler Head


Posted by Bill Whala on Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:19 pm

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American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

Avocets must be common, I have so many pictures of them. :lol: Also, out of all of the pictures I have this is the only one that shows this behavior.

Taken last May at Belmar Park.
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Comments and critiques are always welcome. Thanks for looking. :)
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by matt kuchta on Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:24 pm
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Great action with super light. I like your composition here too.
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:27 pm
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Great light and the drops are nice and sharp. Nice all round really.
 

by Alan Murphy on Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:29 pm
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Awesome shot Bill. I might crop up a little from the bottom, but great as is.
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by Wil Hershberger on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:04 pm
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Awesome shot. Wonderful light, tack sharp and a cool behavior.
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by Rob Palmer on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:30 pm
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Great capture Bill, what do you think he was doing?
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by Bill Whala on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:36 pm
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Rob Palmer wrote:...what do you think he was doing?
He got ahold of something icky while he was eating and was trying to rinse it out of his mouth. :lol:
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by Bill Keown on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:57 pm
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Gorgeous light, interesting behavior. Awesome shot.

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by Ken Newcombe on Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:03 pm
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A very nice behavoiur shot. The frozen water drops enhance the image. A slight cw rotation to level the water might be good.
 

by Wayne Ellis on Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:09 pm
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Well captured Bill.
Comments and reposts welcome

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by AlexC on Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:19 pm
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Bill, wonderful light and great action to boot, a bird that still escapes me!!!
Very nice, indeed!!! 8)
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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:54 pm
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Just gorgeous, Bill. I love the water splash. As common as these are for you, I have never seen this species!
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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:08 am
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Nice capture with warm light and action with the roiling of the water.
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by Alan Melle on Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:13 am
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Beautiful! Great light and action. This looks like classic behavior just prior to mating.
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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:50 am
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Avocets must be common, I have so many pictures of them.
Bill, have I ever mentioned that I hate you? First for all the wonderful Avocets you got from Belmar. Then you and Sheri go get sweet Avocet shots at Pawnee while I was there. Now you post this beautiful shot in the most gorgeous of light with clean water and the awesome splash.

At least I can revel in the fact that it is crooked!! Small consolation.... :lol:

Oh, I have a very few Avocet shots for the record but would be embarassed to even post them here. The final score, Avocets 12, Brian 0.

Sweetness Bill!

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:55 am
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Another excellent Avocet shot Bill!
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:55 am
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Bill,

Nice work capturing the action and the frozen water dops. Love the light and the colors.
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by Mike Wilson on Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:51 pm
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Nice one Bill. You mentioned it was trying to get something icky off its bill. These guys eat invertabrates out of the mud! What could be icky to an Avocet?! :) :) :)
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by Jim Urbach on Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:08 pm
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Awesome light and love the water spray.

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by Scott Allen on Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:08 pm
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Beautiful image!
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Great light and shooting to you all!

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