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A wetlands remnant
An informative sign told that the whole 2-mile stretch I'd just walked plus the next several miles of airport and industrial area had once been a vast tidal marsh, now mostly drained and "developed". But one patch does remain right where the trail is interrupted at the south end of the airport and stretching in an arc from the trail to the runway. There were thousands of birds resting in shallows and on saltgrass-overgrown shores, some of them near enough the trails for good photographs, in spite of the fog. Here: Willets, American Avocets, Northern Shoveler. Just a small handful of the vast flocks of these and other species standing further out.
Habitat
tidal marsh
Location
Bayfront Park, Millbrae, CA
Date taken
24 Oct 2023
Scientific name
Tringa semipalmata, Recurvirostra americana, Spatula clypeata
Equipment used
Nikon z6ii, Tamron 150-600
a beautiful sight, Ann, brings back memories from Shoreline at Mountain View, a bit further south; top class, many ts!!,
 
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A very interesting, if somewhat depressing, report, Doc, and that a very fine collection of birds! I like the composition too.
 

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Category
North America
Added by
Doc Duck
Date added
View count
289
Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 6_2
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
4000
Filename
_aDSC3504 AMAVs WILLs and a NOSH.JPG
File size
674.4 KB
Date taken
Tue, 24 October 2023 4:55 PM
Dimensions
2507px x 1668px

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