Today’s post is a short break from the Whooping Crane posts, but the Whoopers will be back!
A lot of other birds were active on the Aransas NWR, including this group of American Avocets, sporting their winter plumage coats. During a flyby before landing, it was really great to watch them flying by in tight formation and in a synchronous fashion:
After a couple of passes, the group landed in the pool in front of us and began foraging in the pool:
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark III body
- Canon 500mm, f/4 IS lens + Canon 1.4x TC convertor (resulting in focal length of 700 mm)
- Bogen 3221 tripod with Wimberly gimbal head
- ISO 800 (top image), ISO 3200 (bottom image)
- Aperture f/5.6 (all images)
- Shutter 1/320 sec. (top image), 1/800 sec. (bottom image)