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I was out on the beach with fellow FMers Nick, his friend Fred, and Glenn searching for the snowy owls on December 30 and they decided to take a trip that day. That is a shame as Nick and Fred had made a 5 hour drive from PA to see these stunning birds. Sightings indicate that they had traveled about 5 miles east and have returned so we will have snowy owls in a blizzard tomorrow. While out looking for the snowy owls we found a section of beached covered with sandpipers and I figured they were sanderlings as there are so many of them on Long Island. When I started to process my photo I realized I had something else and had to check my National Geographic Complete Birds of North America to identify these birds. Here they are from establishment photo through close up and blastoff.

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123013DSC_6401 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6427 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6432 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6438 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6440 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6442 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6443 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6459 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6466B by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6469 by Morris0, on Flickr

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123013DSC_6472 by Morris0, on Flickr

1: D200 + 80-400 VR @ 400mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (SB910 + XT flash extender)
2-11: 1: D200 + 80-400 VR + 1.4x TC @ 560mm, ISO 400, 1/200, f8, fill flash (SB910 + XT flash extender)
Note that I have my flash dialed way back so that the soft light was the key light and I put just a touch of flash in the shadows and also created catch light in the eyes.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 08:48 AM

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That's a lot of dunlin. I suspect they'll be taking off with the storm coming. Good luck with the snowy's. Don

Jan 02, 2014 at 09:39 AM

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It was a pleasure meeting you Morris. It's a shame that we didn't see any snowys. Here's a behind the scenes pic of Morris getting the shot.

- Glenn

Jan 02, 2014 at 09:49 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Dunlin

Very cool shots Morris. Well captured.
David

Jan 02, 2014 at 01:36 PM

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DonGut wrote:
That's a lot of dunlin. I suspect they'll be taking off with the storm coming. Good luck with the snowy's. Don

Thank you Don,

The large number was one of the clues to what they are. We are getting significant snow storm tonight into tomorrow. Possibly we can see the snowy owls in the snow on Saturday.

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 07:36 PM

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svopen wrote:
It was a pleasure meeting you Morris. It's a shame that we didn't see any snowys. Here's a behind the scenes pic of Morris getting the shot.

- Glenn

What is that on his camera

Hehe...Way to go Morris.

Ted

Jan 02, 2014 at 07:41 PM

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Great series Morris...I particularly like #8 and nice shot of you!

Jan 02, 2014 at 08:37 PM

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nicely done Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 08:43 PM

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svopen wrote:
It was a pleasure meeting you Morris. It's a shame that we didn't see any snowys. Here's a behind the scenes pic of Morris getting the shot.

- Glenn

http://www.glennchinphotography.com/photos/i-XWfSW6n/0/L/i-XWfSW6n-L.jpg

It was a fun day and a pleasure meeting you Glen. I wonder what the snowy owls are doing with all this snow falling.

I love the photo, thank you for sharing it.

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 10:47 PM

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David Leask wrote:
Very cool shots Morris. Well captured.
David

Thank you David

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 10:48 PM

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Ted ellis wrote:
What is that on his camera

Hehe...Way to go Morris.

Ted

Thank you Ted,

It could by my fingers and gloves :-}

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 10:49 PM

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treebeard wrote:
Great series Morris...I particularly like #8 and nice shot of you!

Thank you Scott,

Yes Glen took a great photo of me in action.

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 10:50 PM

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kmunroe wrote:
nicely done Morris

Thank you Kenny

Morris

Jan 02, 2014 at 10:50 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Dunlin

Some lovely Dunlin shots Morris, I particularly like the last one with the BIF (blurred in flight) it's a very cool shot

Jan 02, 2014 at 11:08 PM

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mrcolin2u wrote:
Some lovely Dunlin shots Morris, I particularly like the last one with the BIF (blurred in flight) it's a very cool shot

Thank you Colin,

I love doing photos like that.

Morris

Jan 03, 2014 at 08:50 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Dunlin

Nice set Morris

Jan 03, 2014 at 09:00 AM

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Very nice set, Morris.
Socrate

Jan 03, 2014 at 10:23 AM

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Herb Houghton wrote:
Nice set Morris

thank you Herb

Morris

Jan 03, 2014 at 06:04 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Dunlin

Shasoc wrote:
Very nice set, Morris.
Socrate

Thank you Socrate

Morris

Jan 03, 2014 at 06:04 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Dunlin

That's a lotta cold looking Dunlin! I see Avocets do the same thing (standing on one leg) in cold weather, a heat preservation method this and I'm assuming other shorebird species do. Really cool! Thanks for sharing these cool images, Morris! -Mike

Jan 03, 2014 at 06:48 PM

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