{"id":25650,"date":"2014-08-06T06:18:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=25650"},"modified":"2014-08-06T06:18:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:18:43","slug":"posing-yellowlegs-on-a-rock-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/06\/posing-yellowlegs-on-a-rock-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Posing Yellowlegs On A Rock Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a visit to Glover Pond last week I found this Greater Yellowlegs resting on a rock surrounded by relatively\u00a0clear, still water which I thought made a nice setting for the bird (even though the rock also provided some compositional challenges).<\/p>\n

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In the beginning it had its back to me and it was so unconcerned by my presence that it rarely even looked my way.\u00a0 This is one of the few times it gave me eye contact early on (I spent 12 full minutes with the bird).<\/p>\n

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But eventually it stood up slowly and gave me an interesting leg stretch.\u00a0 A bit more of a head turn would have been nice but I liked the reflection.\u00a0 (this image is very nearly full-frame so I didn’t have as much room on the sides to work with as I would have preferred).<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Then it lowered its left wing with the right foot and leg still extended.\u00a0 This seemed in preparation for…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0the vertical wing stretch that followed.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Then the bird turned on the rock..<\/p>\n

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\u00a0and left the stage.<\/p>\n

These birds have already finished breeding in central Canada and southern Alaska and are passing through on their way south to their wintering grounds.\u00a0 Their migration is prolonged and they will pass through our area through early winter.\u00a0 For\u00a0much of the early twentieth century Greater Yellowlegs were considered to be a\u00a0fine game bird and they were hunted regularly though many of them were shot by exasperated hunters simply because they tired of listening to their piercing, annoying and extended alarm calls in the field.<\/p>\n

That call can be heard here<\/a> if you also wish to be “annoyed” (scroll down to the two “alarm calls at bottom”.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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On a visit to Glover Pond last week I found this Greater Yellowlegs resting on a rock surrounded by relatively clear, still water which I thought made a nice setting for the bird (even though the rock also provided some compositional challenges).<\/p>\n

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