Shore birds at Ponce Preserve
May 10, 2022 07:12:56 #
Ponce Inlet, FL
Nov 2021
Located just south of Daytona Beach, the Ponce Preserve Municipal Park covers 41-arces between the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean coast of central Florida.
Semipalmated Plover by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Digital images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II and Extender EF 2x III. Processing was performed in Lightroom v6 and noise processing in Topaz DeNoise6. The camera was mounted to a tripod with gimbal head.
Sanderling
The sanderling is a small wading bird. It runs along the sandy beaches it prefers with a characteristic "bicycling" action of its legs, stopping frequently to pick small food items.
Sanderling
Most shorebirds are carnivorous and eat a range of insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, larvae, tadpoles, and similar prey. The term shorebird covers several related bird families that are part of this distinct group, and more than 180 species could be considered true shorebirds around the world.
Sanderling
Willets are large, stocky shorebirds with long legs and thick, straight bills considerably longer than the head.
Willet
Willets are often seen alone. They walk deliberately, pausing to probe for crabs, worms and other prey in sand and mudflats, or to pick at insects and mollusks.
Willet
Nov 2021
Located just south of Daytona Beach, the Ponce Preserve Municipal Park covers 41-arces between the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean coast of central Florida.
Semipalmated Plover by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Digital images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II and Extender EF 2x III. Processing was performed in Lightroom v6 and noise processing in Topaz DeNoise6. The camera was mounted to a tripod with gimbal head.
Sanderling
The sanderling is a small wading bird. It runs along the sandy beaches it prefers with a characteristic "bicycling" action of its legs, stopping frequently to pick small food items.
Sanderling
Most shorebirds are carnivorous and eat a range of insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, larvae, tadpoles, and similar prey. The term shorebird covers several related bird families that are part of this distinct group, and more than 180 species could be considered true shorebirds around the world.
Sanderling
Willets are large, stocky shorebirds with long legs and thick, straight bills considerably longer than the head.
Willet
Willets are often seen alone. They walk deliberately, pausing to probe for crabs, worms and other prey in sand and mudflats, or to pick at insects and mollusks.
Willet
May 10, 2022 07:57:44 #
Your photos do justice to these shorebirds. Your notes enhance the appreciation of these critters.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Ponce Inlet, FL br Nov 2021 br br Located just so... (show quote)
May 10, 2022 08:18:18 #
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May 10, 2022 13:56:16 #
anotherview wrote:
Your photos do justice to these shorebirds. Your notes enhance the appreciation of these critters.
I agree!
May 10, 2022 17:19:14 #
Thank you anotherview, Bill, Warhorse, NMGal, Mike! The Willet and plover type are new additions to my portfolio finds.
May 11, 2022 06:32:48 #
May 11, 2022 07:30:05 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Ponce Inlet, FL br Nov 2021 br br Located just so... (show quote)
These are excellent Paul, the sanderling captures are amazing.
May 11, 2022 09:25:50 #
May 11, 2022 09:46:56 #
Nice shots of these mostly forgotten shore birds. Always enjoy watching the Sanderings outracing an incoming wave with their little feet just a blur.
May 11, 2022 14:37:16 #
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May 11, 2022 19:33:13 #
Thank you tcthome, Jim, Susan, Hereford, Jack, Jeff! I had better luck with the birds here at Ponce than a few days later at Canaveral.
May 11, 2022 20:25:42 #
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