Dunlin in breeding plumage

I havn't been able to get out and about to shoot since university has taken up so much time. But I did manage to get out for about a a day in early June to photograph the Dunlin in their breeding plumage. My favorite of the shorebirds.

400mm--1/800--f5.6--ISO 200

Well done

That's a lovely image. Love the low angle.

Very nice, Evan; I got a few shots of them in Florida last winter, but not in so fine a plumage as yours.
Al

That is very beautiful, lovely light and colour, the low angle is a winner.

2n10 wrote in post #16197320
Well done

Thank you!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #16197477
That's a lovely image. Love the low angle.

Thanks, my camera gear was literally in the sand

CDMOOSE wrote in post #16198424
Very nice, Evan; I got a few shots of them in Florida last winter, but not in so fine a plumage as yours.
Al

Thanks! When our shorebirds first start passing through, they aren't quite in their breeding plumage yet. But the last week that they are migrating through our area, they tend to be completely finished with their molt and are spectacular.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #16198783
That is very beautiful, lovely light and colour, the low angle is a winner.

Thank you, the blue BG is what made this shot my favorite from the day.

Very nice capture.

Boy is that a pretty composition.

Where did you get the shot, Evan? Love the low angle!

Thank you Crimzon and Scrumhalf.

This was taken in Trestle Bay (Parking Lot D) out at Fort Stevens State Park. I live 20 minutes from the park so I try to get out there at least once every three days.

Awesome. Last time I was in Parking Lot D (about 3 weeks ago), it was high tide and I couldn't past the big blind. Ended up watching pelicans at the jetty.

Love those shorebirds.

Scrumhalf wrote in post #16283518
Awesome. Last time I was in Parking Lot D (about 3 weeks ago), it was high tide and I couldn't past the big blind. Ended up watching pelicans at the jetty.

Hahaha, that blind is a joke. The worse use of tax payer dollars I have ever seen in a state run facility. You can't even see over the sand dune.

I recommend you try and come back to the jetty, we have been seeing Jaegers frequently. Elegant Terns are in the Hammond boat basin, and a Ruff was seen there for about 5 days (its gone now though). Baird's Sandpipers have been fairly frequent along with Sharp-tailed Sandpipers. The incoming tide will be your best bet at seeing shorebirds in parking lot C and D since those locations are the high tide roosts for the Columbia River Estuary peeps

I'll try to do that, Evan!

By the way, I went on a pelagic birding trip on Saturday from Newport. I wrote up a little trip report in this thread: https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1328065.

Got quite a few lifers on the trip, which was not hard to do since I've never been more than 200 yards from the shore

Scrumhalf wrote in post #16283910
I'll try to do that, Evan!

By the way, I went on a pelagic birding trip on Saturday from Newport. I wrote up a little trip report in this thread: https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1328065.

Got quite a few lifers on the trip, which was not hard to do since I've never been more than 200 yards from the shore

I recomend you check out OBOL (oregon birders on line), its the Oregon birding list serve (if you haven't already).
I have it permanently book marked http://birding.aba.org​/maillist/OR01

When your son mentioned he saw a stellar's sea lion he was more than likely correct. If you walk out to the end of the South Jetty of the Columbia River (SJCR), which is about a 3.5 mile hike one way, they often times haul out on the rocks at the very end. Massive things..

It looks like you had a very successful trip, I have heard of horror stories of people going out, not seeing anything, and getting as sick as a dog.