AKA BIRD NERD

Photo By Shawn Weigelt
October 18, 2009
Ocean Shores, Washington

Well, I’m back!  I can’t say the same for my father-in-law since he has such a huge back-log of photos to process and has had no time to do it.  My family and I are safe and sound in Washington and I’m starting my west coast birding career!  We took a drive to the coast yesterday and checked out a beach in the city of Ocean Shores.  A small group of Surfbird’s and Black Turnstone’s showed up and started picking the rocks near the jetty.  These two species were lifer’s for me and I was very excited that they allowed me to approach so closely.  I literally crawled over the wet rocks to get close to these birds and felt as though I was actually among them as I shot dozens of frames.

Nikon D80 70-300mm VR at 300mm, ISO 250, f/5.6, hand held
1)  at 1/1000sec
2)  at 1/500sec

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