Courtship rite of the sandpiper - closing up

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Comments

Heather Mellon

An interesting and nicely detailed capture of both birds, Yves.

Yves Langlois

Thanks Heather. It's been not so easy to have them both since the lady always kept a good distance from the male.

Description
Here is the second step of the courtship rite of a sandpiper. After a good show-off to impress the lady. he moves closer to the female to convince her he is the perfect guy for the a mating. (taken jun 2024)
Taken By
Yves Langlois
Taken On
January 2, 2025
Tagged
sandpiper courtship soil animal bird waterfowl plant vegetation wildlife
  • Focal: 800
  • Lens Model: FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
  • Shutter speed: 0.0025 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 11

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