Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 12, 2011 14:37:48 GMT
As many of our members know, I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary.
The experience was thrilling! Walking the sandy flats and witnessing our avian friends as they waded and foraged is an indescribable experience. So many species in one place, mixed and all living harmoniously together.
The highlight is easily my first time to witness the tide coming in. The bubbles, the birds, the sound of the bubbles and the sounds of the birds, the wind, the smell of saltwater, and a bit of a taste of the saltwater, a sense filling experience.
Even without a harvest of good pics, the trip, the stay and the experience was well worth it so all these images are bonuses for me. Almost all species I was able to photograph were photo lifers!
I believe this is a Greenshank? Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica in breeding plumage
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
I kept this photo of the godwit as it has a unique pose
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
was tempted to straighten out this photo but it was really flying downwards
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
These Knots were a great subject..
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
Olango is where I learned how to tell the difference between a
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
and a Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
This little guy was such fun to follow around.. it would turn to the left, then turn right, turn to me, turn away. As it turned out, its a Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
I was also able to photograph some rarities.. the Chinese Egret, I have already posted. And this one..
An Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
All photos were taken handheld.
I also have photos of Red Knots, Curlew Sandpiper, Whiskered Terns, another kind of Tern (much larger), Cattle Egrets, Grey Tailed Tattlers and others that I am yet to ID.
Is this one a Common Sandpiper?
This is as close as I can get to bringing the experience to you guys. I hope you all enjoy this post.
Thank you for taking the time to view!
The experience was thrilling! Walking the sandy flats and witnessing our avian friends as they waded and foraged is an indescribable experience. So many species in one place, mixed and all living harmoniously together.
The highlight is easily my first time to witness the tide coming in. The bubbles, the birds, the sound of the bubbles and the sounds of the birds, the wind, the smell of saltwater, and a bit of a taste of the saltwater, a sense filling experience.
Even without a harvest of good pics, the trip, the stay and the experience was well worth it so all these images are bonuses for me. Almost all species I was able to photograph were photo lifers!
I believe this is a Greenshank? Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica in breeding plumage
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
I kept this photo of the godwit as it has a unique pose
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
was tempted to straighten out this photo but it was really flying downwards
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
These Knots were a great subject..
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
Olango is where I learned how to tell the difference between a
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
and a Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
This little guy was such fun to follow around.. it would turn to the left, then turn right, turn to me, turn away. As it turned out, its a Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
I was also able to photograph some rarities.. the Chinese Egret, I have already posted. And this one..
An Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
All photos were taken handheld.
I also have photos of Red Knots, Curlew Sandpiper, Whiskered Terns, another kind of Tern (much larger), Cattle Egrets, Grey Tailed Tattlers and others that I am yet to ID.
Is this one a Common Sandpiper?
This is as close as I can get to bringing the experience to you guys. I hope you all enjoy this post.
Thank you for taking the time to view!