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    Default Lesser Yellowlegs at Water's Edge

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    With the river's water so high this year most of my favorite haunts for fall shorebird photography have been a washout, except for one, which has been OK (but not great) so far. On this morning a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs were on tap - at first rather wary - but then accepting of my presence.

    Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, eye work, a big black spot removed from far leg, NR to the BG.
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    Classic Cadieux, lovely image. Low POV, spot on techs, complimentary background. Thank you for sharing, Daniel.
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    Nice low point of view with a good head angle.

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    Yeah, that's pretty sweet right there - but - it's you shooting so kinda expected...

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    Excellent as expected. I like the pink top. Do you know the park in Sainte-Martine, Quebec called Salmon Fisherman’s Point/Domaine-de-la-Pêche-au-Saumon, about 35 minutes southwest of Montreal? How far is that from you?

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    Goes without saying - beautiful work here Daniel. I like the 'tippy toes' pose. Nice low angle shot and great background. I like the framing and composition here too including the vegetation off to the left. Wonderful image.

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    Thanks guys!

    Artie, it is a little less that 2 hours from me. I've never been there, do you know something about it? Good for bird photography?

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    Hey Dan, It is not great right now because of high water but I may visit next year in mid-August. On a related topic do you know anything about the Semipalmated Sandpiper migration in Eastern Canada a place called Mary's Point or St. Mary's, in New Brunswick? It used to host 100s of thousands of birds in late July (I think). With lots of hunting Peregrines.

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    Let me know if you do visit, I would be happy to join! As for St. Mary's, that is still the case and is a "bucket list" location for me. I have a couple of friends who've been there recently for the spectacle (early August).

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    Thanks Dan. Maybe we can both get there next year!

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    I'm in on the Semi Sand spectacle. We get many thousands in NYC during migration but to see hundreds of thousands would be amazing. BPN roadtrip!!!

    I like the image and that great background. Perfect setting for a young yellowlegs. I am a bit interested that no one has mentioned it but to me the bird looks like it has a magenta cast to it. It also does not have the brown tones that i would expect for a young lesser and the chest and head seem on the pale side. Not sure if that is a function of the light or what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Isaac Grant View Post
    I'm in on the Semi Sand spectacle. We get many thousands in NYC during migration but to see hundreds of thousands would be amazing. BPN roadtrip!!!

    I like the image and that great background. Perfect setting for a young yellowlegs. I am a bit interested that no one has mentioned it but to me the bird looks like it has a magenta cast to it. It also does not have the brown tones that i would expect for a young lesser and the chest and head seem on the pale side. Not sure if that is a function of the light or what?
    Great. Someone needs to do the research on the best tides, probably high ... The color cast that you mention looks minimal at most ... Our eyes might be being tricked by the upper BKGR. I will be right back. It looks as if I am correct. The RGB values on the breast are all BLUE-heavy. The brightest I found are 202, 208, 216. The pinks at the top are of course RED-heavy: 180, 161, 147 ...

    Isaac, I will be on Long Island at the end of SEPT and the begging of OCT. I have heard that the water levels at the East Pond are horrific ... If you have a good spot for some juvenile Dunlin, American Golden-Plover, Long-billed Dowitchers, etc, LMK and perhaps we can get together.

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    I will monitor for you Artie. Contact me before you come and will get you some updates. We rarely get Goldens that stick for long but it does happen. Getting one that is close and not a mile out on the sod farms in Riverhead is another issue as well. There are some long standing spots where long bills winter. Dunlins are easy but not Juveniles. As far as I know young Dunlins molt before they leave their breeding grounds so we rarely if ever get young birds here. Think I have only seen 1 or 2 ever. Water levels are terrible on the pond. I'd be happy to go around with you to some spots. Keep me posted on your arrival.

    Thanks for the info on the colors. More technical than my thoughts. I can see the blue you mention. Just does not have the warm brown tones that a juvenile yellowlegs should have.

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    All good and will do. I also forgot to mention that my perception of fresh young Lesser Yellowlegs, seen in mid-August, is that they are very black (with white spots). Once the feathers start to wear they begin to look browner.

    Hope to see you in a bit.

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    Also forgot this: in the years that they kept the water levels down at the East Pond we would see lots of obviously fairly fresh juvenile Dunlins by the end of September. And gorgeous juvie long-billed in the first week of OCT. And, once in a while a juvie Hudsonian Godwit ... The good old days. One year the pond was super low; after an early November Rob Villani and I had 6000+ Dunlin on the East Pond! Yuo could actually look it up in the Kingbird. I did the shorebird survey for Manomet for 8 years after Tom Davis was stricken and eventually died at about 41...

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    All been said here, and I agree, this is a lovely looking image. I really love that pose, detail and BG. It all comes together beautifully.

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