Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Aug 24, 2009)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Aug 24, 2009)

Below are a few images from my visit to the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Monday afternoon. Seen but not photographed were three Wilson's Phalaropes swimming and foraging in a group with many Lesser and a few Greater Yellowlegs. There was also a group of 10-12 Black-crowned Night-Herons in the northeast corner of the pond.

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge)

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2 comments:

AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Love that shot of the Little Blue. Are you lying on your belly in the muck to get those shots?
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Clarence HolmesAugust 27, 2009 at 11:07 PM
behindthebins: Thanks. For most of these shots I am either lying on the ground (mud) or kneeling looking down into a right angle finder. For the Little Blue Heron, since it was far away I was just kneeling to get the low angle and managed to stay out of the mud!
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