Turnstone Action

[oldcanon]

A couple of shots of another of my favourite little "often ignored" birds, Turnstones. I like these busy little birds so was pleased to spot a small group in Mudeford Harbour the other day. Both are pretty heavily cropped and as a result are noisy (the flight shot in particular) but I think it is sometimes better to accept this to get the shot rather than not bother?

[DianaS]

Re: Turnstone Action

Those are great - are turnstones native or migratory - excuse my ignorance?

[oldcanon]

Re: Turnstone Action

Thanks Diana, Turnstones are native bird which tend to potter along the edge of the tidal zone and can be difficult to spot until they move

[Stan]

Re: Turnstone Action

Hi Brian
The flight shot is excellent, a shot I have yet to get. Not so sure about the second one - with the beak down and turned slightly away the eye is a bit to much in shadow although there is some good detail in the rest of him. You probably know there are usually loads of them down at Keyhaven often feeding in the seaweed at the waters edge making it quite difficult to get them to stand out against a similar coloured background

Stan

[oldcanon]

Re: Turnstone Action

Thanks Stan, I find the Keyhaven ones very cooperative, at high tide they wander up and down the top of the wall by the free car park area so I have lots of shots from there. You are right about the feeding shot, I was shooting almost into the light with that one but I wanted to try to illustrated the reason why they are called Turnstones. They are beggars to get flight shots of as they have fast and erratic flight and you know how small they are