Ballerina in the Sky

[Marina Scarr]

Captured this Greater Yellowlegs exhibiting its fluttering behavior in the sky. The show they put on during mating season is so much fun to watch, but not so easy to capture b/c they move around so much and so quickly. I was lucky to have captured this sequence. At times it seems as though they exhibit this behavior during territorial disputes, but I feel it's more likely to "show off." Hope you like it.

Canon 1D4, Canon 500L
F5.6, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Feisol tripod, Jobu head

Thank you in advance for any comments and critiques.