Not really, but lately at my favorite spot they will fly in where I set up and start a racket getting the peeps to fly off! 1dm3 on 500f4 mounted to the BushHawk. ME, AiServo, 1/1000 at f5.6, iso400. Bob
Willets really are good at warning the other birds. :) I like the open bill and eye contact. If you draw a line from the eye to the eye in the reflection you will see that it needs about 2.3 degrees CW rotation. I might try to remove the dark line in the BG.
And his head needs 2.3 degrees of rotation towards you... I love Willets, and all other shorebirds.
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Yes, that one has a much better head angle for sure.
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Nice photo, good detail. I might rotate it 1 degree clockwise. I have problems with willets. It's like here comes the willets, there goes the neighborhood. The unrelenting vocalization and flying around will, more often than not, scare the birds you are really interested in, even if you spent a considerable period of time and patience approaching them. Black-necked stilts do the same thing, but they are so darn cute! I give em a pass and practice on my auto-focus target acquisition, and maybe get a few decent shots as well. regards~Bill
I Hate Willets!
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