Dowitchers and Plovers
Originally uploaded by Bill Walker.
Dan and I combined his lovely new Canon 20D body with my 300mm f4/L lens at coffee break. I wanted to see how the AI Servo focus mode on the 20D, combined with its large shooting buffer, helps with taking shots of flying birds, a task which is very difficult even with all these amenities. I filled up 2GB (!) of Compact Flash in like 20 minutes. This is one of the better shots, slightly cropped. Here we see a flock of Dowitchers (smaller) with one Snowy Plover (larger) leading the flock. Note the black wing pits.
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*ahem* Axillaries. Wing pits are called axillaries. So, nyah.
Nice photo! Makes me itch to get out in the field this weekend!
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