Another use for bird photographs: Being a birder first and a bird picture taker second sometimes photographs are useful for identifying birds that are too far away for optical ID. In...

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Being a birder first and a bird picture taker second sometimes photographs are useful for identifying birds that are too far away for optical ID. In this case there were about half a dozen little sandpipers, birders call them "peeps", at the sewage treatment plant yesterday. I managed to get a few very long range shots of them. Using the magic of Post Processing I managed to get enough detail to ID at least one of them as a Least Sandpiper.

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good work, Jack!

jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN

Very nice Jack,
I am still working on processing my shots

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Curmudgeon wrote:

Being a birder first and a bird picture taker second sometimes photographs are useful for identifying birds that are too far away for optical ID. In this case there were about half a dozen little sandpipers, birders call them "peeps", at the sewage treatment plant yesterday. I managed to get a few very long range shots of them. Using the magic of Post Processing I managed to get enough detail to ID at least one of them as a Least Sandpiper.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

UTMike wrote:

Good work, Jack!

Thanks Mike

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

jdtonkinson wrote:

Very nice Jack,
I am still working on processing my shots

Thanks Jim

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Bubalola wrote:

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I use photos to ID birds quite frequently, Jack. Nice job.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Curmudgeon wrote:

Being a birder first and a bird picture taker second sometimes photographs are useful for identifying birds that are too far away for optical ID. In this case there were about half a dozen little sandpipers, birders call them "peeps", at the sewage treatment plant yesterday. I managed to get a few very long range shots of them. Using the magic of Post Processing I managed to get enough detail to ID at least one of them as a Least Sandpiper.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

I always knew you had a top-level brain 🥇🥇

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

kpmac wrote:

I use photos to ID birds quite frequently, Jack. Nice job.

Thanks Ken

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

joecichjr wrote:

I always knew you had a top-level brain 🥇🥇

Thanks Joe. A few years ago I met two German birders who were making a whirl wind tour of the US. They had top of the line Nikon equipment and were shooting everything that had feathers or fur. They said they didn't have time to stop and identify anything while they were here but would compile a list when they got home and off the went. Wish I'd gotten an email address

MFTVGirl Loc: Baltimore, MD

Nice capture! He looks very fascinated with his reflection!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

MFTVGirl wrote:

Nice capture! He looks very fascinated with his reflection!

Thanks for looking and commenting

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice