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Banded Dotterels (tuturiwhatu), G7, 100-400

Started Oct 17, 2019 | Photos thread
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nzmacro wrote:

Very cute little birds they are (very small in fact) and for the life of me, I have a lot of trouble getting close to them.

I find the hardest part is seeing them in the first place. Very easy to miss.

They seem to be pretty relaxed if you just sit down and wait, last season I was watching a female on the nest:

Female banded Dotterel on nest, eggs are visible at her feet.

Note the horrendous bokeh on the 100-400 in these conditions. My mirror lenses are better.

At the same time, the companion male wandered over to me a walked right around me, at times almost to close to focus on. Seemed inquisitive and relaxed:

I'd been crouched down there for probably 20-30 mins, when some righteous dotterel guardian walked over, scared the female off the nest, and suggested very forcefully that I was disturbing the birds.

Got a few in flight and on the deck, but trying to get close to these here is tough work. Love it, darn cute and the colours are bang on. Wish they were my shots.

Thanks.

All the best down the road (almost).

Yes, when we go past your area we are usually traveling north and tend not to have time to stop, or the tide or light isn't great

Danny.

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