Posted by John Robinson on April 15, 2016 at 2:35 PM
Greenshank with three spined Stickleback.
I,ve been wanting to increase my wader files for some time now but living in central England, its not that easy ! I spent 6 hours in a small cramped hide at a new site my mate and I have worked on and managed to get Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, and Greenshank- so things are looking up. The Greenshank was a real bonus as it did its usual thing and I got shots but then right in front of the hide it caught a Stickleback. We did'nt even know there were any in there as the water is a couple of inches over mud ! We have seen King fishers dealing with the spines by whacking the prey on a stick but this with the Greenshank was amazing.!
It took at least 5 minutes for it to finally swallow it ! So amusing ! It kept throwing it in the air- turning it around- trying to break the spines off etc,etc. It finally went down and the shots were a real bonus - to me anyway. I had a job to walk after the cramped hide but it was worth it.. Loads more of different Stickle back positions if any one interested.
Nikon D 7100
Sigma 50-500 mm on 500mm
ISO 640
50th sec @f8
60% of frame
Curves in Paint Shop Pro
Neat Image.Thanks for looking
Cheers
JohnR
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0 repliesI,ve been wanting to increase my wader files for some time now but living in central England, its not that easy ! I spent 6 hours in a small cramped hide at a new site my mate and I have worked on and managed to get Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, and Greenshank- so things are looking up. The Greenshank was a real bonus as it did its usual thing and I got shots but then right in front of the hide it caught a Stickleback. We did'nt even know there were any in there as the water is a couple of inches over mud ! We have seen King fishers dealing with the spines by whacking the prey on a stick but this with the Greenshank was amazing.!
It took at least 5 minutes for it to finally swallow it ! So amusing ! It kept throwing it in the air- turning it around- trying to break the spines off etc,etc. It finally went down and the shots were a real bonus - to me anyway. I had a job to walk after the cramped hide but it was worth it.. Loads more of different Stickle back positions if any one interested.
Nikon D 7100
Sigma 50-500 mm on 500mm
ISO 640
50th sec @f8
60% of frame
Curves in Paint Shop Pro
Neat Image.Thanks for looking
Cheers
JohnR