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Ruddy Turnstone, winter plumage male scavenging needlefish,
Subject: Ruddy Turnstone, winter plumage male scavenging needlefish,
Source: http://www.birdsasart.com/bn210.htm
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Ruddy Turnstone, winter plumage male scavenging needlefish,


BIRDS AS ART BIRDS AS ART BULLETIN 210

SW FLA
Post X-mas IPT: DEC 27-29, 2006. Slide program on the
evening of Tuesday, DEC 26. 3 -DAY: $1029. (Limit 14,
Openings: 9)
Co-leaders:
Robert O’Toole, Alfred Forns, & Robert Amoruso. Sanibel
Island, Little Estero Lagoon, Venice Rookery, Cape Coral.
Herons, egrets, gulls, terns, skimmers, shorebirds, both
pelicans, Osprey, Burrowing Owl, and lots more.

Ruddy Turnstone, winter plumage male scavenging needlefish,
Fort DeSoto Park, St. Petersburg, FL
Image copyright 2006: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
Canon 600mm f/4 L IS L lens with 1.4X II TC and EOS-1D Mark
IIN. ISO 320.
Evaluative Metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/9 (set
manually).
On most mornings at DeSoto you can find something magical.
This bird kept turning the fish over and over. I love
here that the green dorsal surface of the fish is in view, and
I love the color and the texture and the pattern of the wet
sand. There was a distracting white shell right behind
the fish. When the bird walked away a bit, I ran in and
removed the shell, confident that the bird would return
quickly. It did

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