Dunlins, Mississippi River, Mud Lake, Iowa
I really wanted to go back to the Mississippi River this afternoon and try to shoot from the kayak again. It was a good idea since I saw birds we haven’t spotted yesterday. The highlight were two Dunlins in full breeding plumage, who were definitely on their journey from the cost of the Gulf of Mexico or Florida to the arctic coast in Canada. This is a bird easy to identify with their black belly patch. They didn’t pay too much attention to my presence and didn’t stop to probe and jab in the shallow water or mud along the shore at Mud Lake on the Mississippi River. I have seen them a few times at the Green Island Wetlands further south during recent years, but always very far away. Today I finally had a real photo opportunity here in Iowa for the first time and I had a hard time to decide which photo to post here in the blog.
Nikon Z6II, Nikon NIKKOR Z 600 f/6.3 VR S