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Some EF 400 f/5.6L shots

March 20, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Great Scaup

400mm seems awfully short after being used to 500mm for the last 10 years…

But it is a lot easier carrying around.

Glaucous Gull
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Late Winter Trip 2023 #27

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Mukawa
Glaucous-winged Gull

Some winter gulls…

Glaucous Gull and Vega Gull
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Late Winter Trip 2023 #15

March 15, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Mukawa, Wildfowl
Whooper Swan

There were lots of swans with the geese…

Bewick’s Swan

The weather was nasty on the second and thirds days: rain and fog.

Glaucous Gull
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Late Winter Trip 2023 #6

March 15, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Mukawa, Wildfowl
Glaucous Gull

The usual winter gulls were in the ports…

Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull

And the usual winter ducks too…

Black Scoter
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Some more RF600 f/11 shots

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Great Scaup

It was a bright sunny afternoon….

The lens is taking a bit of getting used to, still not 100% comfortable with getting the right exposure sometimes. A lot of soft shots but a few hits.

And lo-rez pics like this are presentable.

Glaucous-winged Gull
Black-necked Grebe
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A cold Monday

January 24, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Gulls, Raptors
Glaucous-winged Gull

A cold day in the port. 2 Steller’s around but no decent photos, had to pass time photographing gulls and kites…

Black Kite
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A noisy morning

January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

We slept in the car Sunday night so as to be in Oshamanbe early in the morning.

High high ISO here…

White-tailed Eagle

Helps if birds are white…

Glaucous Gull
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Black, white and grey

January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black-throated Diver

A dark, grey snowy Sunday with some common winter birds to match…

Black Scoter
Glaucous-winged Gull
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A grey Monday in January

January 9, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Gulls, Raptors
Slavonian Grebe

A dark mild sleety day east of town today…

I was waiting for the Steller’s to leave its perch and do something interesting. It didn’t…

Steller’s Sea Eagle

There were some other birds around. Lots of Goldeneye, the above Slav and various gulls including this Glaucous-winged.

Glaucous-winged Gull

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000’s of them

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Gulls
Black-legged Kittiwake

Thousands of kittiwakes east of town today…

None of them had red legs.

Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-legged Kittiwake
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Some more gulls

November 28, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Gulls
Vega Gull

Esan was a bit quiet last weekend.

Both species of eagle were around but no photos.

The fishermen were tossing scraps into the water which the gulls appreciated…

Vega Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
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Some rivermouth gulls

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Yakumo
Black-legged Kittiwake

There were 8 or 9 gull species at the rivermouth in Yakumo the weekend before last…including lots of kittiwakes.

Black-legged Kittiwake

And the various winter gulls…

Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
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