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Great Blue Heron Landing Series (13 images)

Yesterday morning I decided to break with one of my long-standing traditions and brave the potential crowds by visiting one of the more popular birding sites in the area on a weekend – Glover Pond near Farmington Bay WMA. One of my goals was to locate and photograph the Little Blue Heron that has been hanging around in the area for the last couple of weeks. That bird is causing a lot of excitement in the birding and photography communities because it’s so far out of its range. I never did find that heron but this one more than made up for it.

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American Avocet In Flight

American Avocets have always been a very difficult flight shot for me so I only have a couple of them in my files.  I think one of the factors that makes them so challenging in the air is their tendency for erratic flight.   1/3200, f/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc This was a grab shot taken at Glover Pond in Farmington, Utah.  I like the slightly open bill and the position of the wings. This is a species that I too often ignore, whether the bird is in flight or wading.  There’s just so many of them around here for much of the year that my tendency is to bypass them for more elusive subjects. Another bad habit of mine… Ron

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