"Secretive Quarry" - a photo on Flickriver

"Secretive Quarry"

            This was one of the "prizes of the day".  I have to confess I was not the first to see this American Woodcock, a most secretive nocturnal bird.  It blended almost perfectly with the leaf clutter, faced away from the trail, and hid behind the proliferation of garlic mustard plants.

Patience.  It became a waiting game. He moved a leg, opened an eye, then popped behind the vegetation. Over and over again.  It took 45 minutes to wait him out. Most of the other people had long gone.  My camera became very heavy, but I was rewarded with this life bird photograph.

Taken in: United States / Ohio / Locust Point (show map)

Taken on: May 1, 2012

Tags:

American Woodcock

woodcock

bird

wildlife

nature

nocturnal

lifebird photograph

secretive

shy

Magee Marsh

Oak Harbor

Ohio

USA

Jan Nagalski

jannagal

Canon

garlic mustard

plants

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Sets appears in: • My personal favorites of my photos • My Life Bird Photographs more » • Ohio • Ohio: Birds of Magee Marsh • 2000 + views • 1000+ views « less

Groups appears in: • Carolina's farm friends - P1/C3

Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, 300mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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