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The Biggest Week in American Birding

I just returned from another trip to Ohio where I led one of the field workshops at The Biggest Week in American Birding: Techniques for Better Bird Photography Field workshop led by Christopher Taylor.

The Toledo Blade was on location interviewing me as I broke down the basics of bird photography to the participants of my class. The article can be found here, ‘Shooters’ look for prize bird.

Some highlights of the trip:

Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler

Canada Goose
Canada Goose

Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird

Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow

Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal

Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager

Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager

Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler

Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo

Cape May Warbler
Cape May Warbler

Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl

White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

White-tailed Deer
White-tailed Deer

 

Posted by on May 9, 2012 in Photography Adventures

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American Golden-Plover @ Ballona Creek

It has now been confirmed that there is a first ever record for American Golden-Plover at Ballona Creek. Dan Cooper reported on October 20th that he thought he heard an American Golden-Plover call in a Black-bellied Plover flock but was never able to locate the bird. On October 21st, Darren Dowell reported a Pacific Golden-Plover in the same area.

American Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover

I was not able to get out there to locate and document the bird until Saturday morning, but it is indeed an American Golden-Plover. To give you a little background on the species:

The American Golden-Plover has one of the longest known migratory routes of over 25,000 miles from the Patagonia of Southern Argentina all the way to the Arctic North Slope of Alaska. Of this, 2,400 miles is over open ocean where it cannot stop to feed or drink.

A comparison of dates and migratory patterns leads to the conclusion that Eskimo Curlews and American Golden Plovers were the most likely shore birds to have attracted the attention of Christopher Columbus to nearby America in early October 1492, after 65 days at sea out of sight of land.

Large numbers were shot in the late 19th century and the population has never fully recovered and is listed as threatened to endangered.

American Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover

 

Posted by on October 23, 2011 in Photography Adventures

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