Northern Wheatear

Gallery: AvianPosted June 23, 2012170 views6 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0TC, tripod
f10, 1/640, ISO200

Pinnell Mountain Trail, near Eagle Summit. The remarkable Wheatear winters in sub-Saharan Africa, but breeds northeast of Fairbanks on alpine tundra. Ordinarily uncommon, there were dozens of birds along the first two miles of the Pinnell Mountain Trail this year.

60% of full frame. Selective sharpening.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 23, 2012 at 9:16 PM

Yes, a remarkable bird. I've only seen one and that was in NJ not long before moving to AZ. How nice to see it here where it belongs.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 24, 2012 at 5:55 AM

Great bird and an equally as nice habitat, they seem to compliment one another. A beauty Jim!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 24, 2012 at 9:01 PM

Wow, nice find Jim, you must have been thrilled. I like the dark green background combined with the delicate white flowers, well exposed. Ok, I'm getting picky here, but since it IS a critique forum, a slight head turn would have been nice.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 25, 2012 at 12:02 AM

Another beauty, Jim. Looks like this is the season up there. You're coming up with some great birds.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 25, 2012 at 7:41 AM

This is very nice Jim, I especially like the BG & small white/yellow flowers I see.
Remarkable range this Wheatear has..

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 25, 2012 at 9:38 AM

Wow-terrific catch, and a very nice presentation of this cool bird Jim.

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