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Monday in Nature August 8, 2022


Dieter Schaefer

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Still relying on going through the archives - here's another shot from January's outing in La Jolla

52269464148_d02664093e_b.jpgPacific Brown Pelican

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Aurora Damsel (male) - approximately 1.5 inches long

http://gorga.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC3706.jpg

 

Made back at the end of May using a 300 mm prime lens plus a 36 mm extension tube. Cropped to about one-half of the original frame.

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Sorry I should have said that my bird is a Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata. Our European members will likely recognise it as very similar to their Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago. Thanks for the interest.

 

Thanks for the info/clarification.

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Initially I thought it was a snipe, but a woodcock also looks similar:

 

Wilson's Snipe Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

Thanks for the reply. On a second look, I too think that it is a snipe. The woodcock has a reddish/orange breast.

 

I have had woodcocks on my mind since last spring when I go to observe their mating behavior for the first time. Alas, I did not get any photos worth showing as it was too dark and the birds too far away. Hopefully next year!!!

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