Last weekend there were small flocks of Red-necked Stints on many of the beaches north of town.............
This is the common small passage shorebird of NE Asia. Despite being so common I still love photographing them.....................
I've always been fascinated by waders.............the way they just appear on the beaches for a short time every late summer/early autumn.
They were pretty tame. These shots were from a small beach and they were foraging in amongst the the seaweed..................
They were very active, it was tricky keeping up with them at 700mm on a monopod..............
The light was very variable too.
Sometimes they were right on the edge of the frame...........
I wonder if there are any Little Stints amongst them? They are very similar but maybe I should start checking a little harder.
Looking at my Lightroom catalogue, this are my 3rd most photographed species (behind Stellers and White-tailed Eagles and just ahead of Siberian Rubythroat and Osprey).
Should have taken a few more pictures!
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DeleteA nice fresh bunch of juveniles, I guess. For some reason we don't get so many here in HK in autumn.
ReplyDeleteYes the adults have all been and gone..........
DeleteReally beautiful pics Stu. I don't know how you get so close to waders.
ReplyDeleteThe juveniles are usually tamer than the adults............
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