{"id":160217,"date":"2024-06-13T06:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=160217"},"modified":"2024-06-13T06:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:26:52","slug":"bathing-wilsons-phalarope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/13\/bathing-wilsons-phalarope\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathing Wilson’s Phalarope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I had several ‘firsts’ with Wilson’s Phalaropes. Bathing was one of them.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve had better luck getting close to Wilson’s Phalaropes this year than I’ve ever had in the past. This female (I believe) acted like she thought I couldn’t see her because she was right next to the shore below me and mostly hidden by vegetation at the shoreline. But by moving my lens to my right a few inches I found a narrow window through the grasses where I had a mostly clear view of her. Besides, by then she was so involved with her bath she didn’t seem to care that I was so close.<\/p>\n

It was hard to catch her with her head out of the water and her eye open but I succeeded a few times.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

At one point a drop of water landed on top of her head. It beaded up and stayed there, just like a drop of water on a freshly waxed car. In both cases, “beading up” is all about low adhesive forces, surface tension, cohesion and polarity.<\/p>\n

I know, this is bird photography, not a science class.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

She stopped shimmying and shaking for a moment and seemed to contemplate the water drop on her head. And perhaps the other water drop, in the air above her head. Then she went back about her bathing business, usually with her head underwater.<\/p>\n

I also got a few photos of phalarope chicks that I hope to post soon but I’m having computer problems so I’m not sure when that will be. You wouldn’t believe what I had to go through just to get these three photos identified, processed and posted. It’s looking like my ‘puter might end up in the shop.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I had several ‘firsts’ with Wilson’s Phalaropes. Bathing was one of them. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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