Simplicity ...
Godwits ...
... leading a
Ruff life ...
_____________
Limosa limosa
Philomachus pugnax
____
Dist. Gurgaon
Haryana
India
29 September 2019
Lakescape - 657
A brief siesta
then ...
... dancing a
bit ...
an active jig
Now ...
Time to march
ahead ...
Move on to make
the day big ...
__________
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Gurgaon Rural
Haryana
India
11 September 2014
Lakescape - 656
Soon ... though
the quiet of the
noon siesta
evaporated ...
... giving way to
sense of urgency
of an impending
timeline
__________
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Gurgaon Rural
Haryana
India
11 September 2014
Lakescape ...
Liked the
... prevailing
sense of quiet
... on a grey
overcast ...
monsoon day ...
... soon
after a heavy
shower ...
__________
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
and ...
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
Gurgaon Rural
Haryana
India
11 September 2014
Lakescape - 637
The dawn light
... emanating
from the eastern
horizon ...
bounced off the
surface of water ...
... and
this long billed
beauty ... performed
very well to
combine ... and give
that lovely lghting
effect ...
... elements striving
to give me a good
full framer ...
As is often the case at this time of year there were hundreds of Black-tailed Godwits at Leighton Moss this morning. As is also often the case they were very twitchy and were continually taking off, circling the lagoons a few times, then landing back in the same spot again. There is a solitary...
A black tailed Godwit in flight. These birds usually welcome proximity and are not perplexed. But I suppose I got a bit too close for comfort over here and the godwit flew away !!
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