This morning I spent a few hours lying in the mud at Ashdod with
Danny Laredo. There is no intimacy as powerful as that of two men lying together on their bellies under a camo net.
Danny was a few minutes late so I had a quick look around the ponds at first light and couldn't resist these semi-artistic photo opps:
Black-winged Stilt
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And in normal light:
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We positioned ourselves quite poorly so almost nothing got close enough in decent light. There were quite a few Little Stints but they are little indeed:
Little Stint - adult
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This Temminck's Stint approached from the wrong side and I was lying too low, so I didn't manage to get a complete shot of it:
Temminck's Stint - adult
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Most action came from the tringids. Most were quite along way off though.
Excellent shots. Like them all.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Yoav, as always.
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