2305_3075 Black-necked Stilt - a photo on Flickriver

            My 2024 Wish List continues with a Black-necked Stilt from one year ago. I'm back from a whirlwind trip to photograph birds at Reed Lake, and the dust has not yet settled from that. An evening shoot and then up at 3:30 the next morning to catch the first light. Then a grocery run, the drive home, unpacking, a nap, making supper, watching a hockey game (NHL playoffs - I'm a Canadian, eh?), and after that rushing out for the midnight Aurora borealis show. Best Northern Lights I have ever seen.

Some people my age are alone and abandoned, destitute, with broken teeth, sitting in some cheap rented room, the kind with yellowish walls and a sagging cot and a bare lightbulb in the ceiling, dirty string hanging down from it, and for their evening entertainment they can pull the string to turn their light on, then pull it again to turn the light off. I am so lucky. I get to do what I want. In relative comfort.

But I digress. Just stopping to count my blessings. I didn't see any Black-necked Stilts during my little trip, but there were some good moments, and it will take me a while to cull out the bad ones - lots of those - and process the keepers. And I need to do some work in the garden today, too. Everything happens at once in Saskatchewan, in the spring.

Photographed at Pakowki Lake, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Gahern (show map)

Taken on: May 29, 2023

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/8.0, 1/3200 sec, 700mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	700mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Macintosh)
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