snowy have yellow feet, great have black feet. On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 1:55:37 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > On the last 2 rides or so around our acequia trails, I've started > brilliantly white, medium-sized birds up from the irrigation ditches, a > type I've not seen before this season. We have plenty of wild ducks and > geese, and over the last 6 or 8 years, large blue/grey herons (I think they > are herons) skulking around the irrigation ditches. The white birds are > rather like smaller versions of the big herons - that is, they are built > on the same long and leggy pattern -- and, like the herons, hang around the > ditches, and of course, flap away before you can whip out your iPhone and > snap a shot. > > So, 2 questions: > > 1. What other birds might look like this, and find themselves in high > desert NM in summer? > [image: image.png] > (Note: This is a web photo, not mine. What I saw look somewhat like this, > but I can't swear to the black legs or black beak -- was too busy trying to > keep from falling over into the ditch on the right while dodging huge > cottonwoods on the left while negotiating an 18" trail beset by large > roots, cutaways, sand, and potholes -- and I suffer from mild acrophobia; > any "teetery" situation makes me want to hyperventilate and sweat; and > then, the Matthews is not at its best at slow-speed nimbleness.) > > 2. You photo experts: how does one catch snapshots of such suddenly > appearing subjects without falling over? Instruments, techniques? > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > >
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