Courtship rite of the sandpiper - closing up

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Comments

Heather Mellon

2 months ago

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

Yves Langlois

2 months ago

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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