is it all over?

[John Chardine]

Just when I thought summer had begun here in the Maritimes, I saw Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs on their southward migration today in the Sackville Waterfowl Park. This can only mean one thing- fall is coming! Soon the 100,000s of Semipalmated Sandpipers and phalaropes will be moving through the region (starting mid-July). The photography will be fun but it is lamentable that we have such a short summer season.

I will be able to get a lot closer to these birds later in the year but here's one from today, which was quite some distance from me.

40D, 500mm f4, 1.4 tcII
capture date: Sunday, July 6, 2008 858 AM
exposure program: Manual
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/800
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
light source: Auto
flash: ON - Beamer, manual full power, FP synch (however, little effect, too far away)