{"id":109382,"date":"2022-03-31T04:54:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=109382"},"modified":"2022-03-31T07:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:45:28","slug":"my-first-long-billed-curlew-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/my-first-long-billed-curlew-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Long-billed Curlew Of The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not the first one I’ve seen or heard but the first one I’ve managed to photograph.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two days ago I spotted my first Long-billed Curlew of the season when one flew right over the top of my pickup on Antelope Island. I had no chance to photograph that bird but yesterday I went back to the island and had better luck with this one foraging in the grasses in reasonably good light.<\/p>\n

The curlew spent part of its time calling to another nearby curlew that I could hear but couldn’t see. Sometimes its short tail was spread as it was calling and…<\/p>\n

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sometimes it wasn’t. But I think the curlew looked best when…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

it was standing more erect and not calling. Its legs were usually mostly hidden in the vegetation.<\/p>\n

Curlews are our largest shorebird and with their long legs and long, decurved bills they’re physically striking but not much color is apparent when their wings are folded. So, as always, one of my goals this spring and early summer will be to…<\/p>\n

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capture them with their wings in the down position or…<\/p>\n

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in the up position when their rich underwing pinks or cinnamons are revealed. These last two shots are older photos taken in warm light on mornings when I had some pretty good success with that goal.<\/p>\n

But yesterday was a start. You’ve gotta find’em first.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – One of the things I love about that last photo is how well the axillaries, underwing coverts, primaries and secondaries are distinguished from each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nor the first one I’ve seen or heard but the first one I’ve managed to photograph. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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