Mr & Mrs Killdeer - Click image to view larger

Exciting moment for these birds and Tm J. Lucky you were in the right place..

Thanks Nelson! Yes, I was so lucky to get this shot since have never been able to catch much shot of killdeer let alone mating shot. I was in a secluded area near the creek and saw both of them. I decided to hang out and observe them. He was feeding on the shore, took off toward her, hop up and does his thing. I barely have enough reach with my 500mm, this shot is basically just a crop from the 100% view of the shot. Also, I had haul my tripod + gimbal head (something I rarely do) with me and that also help with a bit of somewhat low angle shooting. Hard to handhold kneeling or laying down. :-)

Great shot.  As usual.

Beautiful capture! They are a very cute couple! :). Also i looked on the larger size image and i saw that the details are great too!

Congratulations, Cristina.

You have caught the magic moment that last very few, very good the sharpness and the background, ciao Giangiorgio

is in background...mr. or mrs.?:)

Very nice shot, regards.

perfect moment excellent result bravo gerolamo

You have captured one of the rarest moments.Congrats.Max.

My best regards.

Kallol

Thank you folks! I have to say that the piece of something on the foreground bother my eyes a great deal but I figure that I can not clone it out entirely since it cover the bird's feet. So, that's why it there. - Thanks for viewing/comments and happy ... birdshooting!

Lovely moment! Like the creamy background. Best regards, Linh Dinh