{"id":34750,"date":"2016-08-17T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=34750"},"modified":"2016-08-17T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T18:18:58","slug":"urgent-shorebird-photography-report-from-mcdonalds-on-cross-bay-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2016\/08\/17\/urgent-shorebird-photography-report-from-mcdonalds-on-cross-bay-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Shorebird Photography Report from McDonald’s on Cross Bay Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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A few of today’s 75 keepers, tagged in Photo Mechanic… <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Urgent Shorebird Photography Report from McDonald’s on Cross Bay Boulevard<\/h3>\n

I just enjoyed probably the best morning of shorebird photography ever at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, NY (and that includes the last 33 years). In all there were more than 1,000 shorebirds, most of them handsome juveniles, all of those in fresh plumage. More than a few approached too close to focus… <\/p>\n

Theoretically, Wednesday August 17 should have been the single best day of the year for photographing young shorebirds in fresh juvenal plumage. It was. Two weeks ago, as reported here, the water levels were too high to do any photography. But the with the folks at Gateway on top of the situation, things are now perfect. Though the wind was wrong (west wind against sun) I knew exactly where I needed to be.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow morning should be just about as good as today was. Possibly better as I spent an hour doing mud flat clean-up. Each day thereafter becomes less and less ideal for a variety of reasons. You will learn why on the workshop. <\/p>\n

Jamaica Bay In-the-Field Single Morning Workshop. Thursday August 18, 2016\/6:00-9:30am, working brunch to follow: $350. Limit 6\/Openings 5.<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

A 500 or 600mm lens with TCs is best though a 400mm lens with a 1.4X TC and a 7D II will get you there. I could have shot some of the gorgeous fresh juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers with the 100-400 II and a full frame body if I had had it on my lap… You will learn the East Pond shorebird ropes, get to identify and age a variety of shorebird species, and learn a ton about shorebird photography… But only if you take off work tomorrow and join me. <\/p>\n

You must call my cell at 863-221-2372 to confirm and arrange payment; please leave a message if no answer. Or shoot me an e-mail<\/a><\/center> asap. This is a one time, one day only gig. I will be there. I hope that you can join me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n

A few of today’s 75 keepers, tagged in Photo Mechanic… Urgent Shorebird Photography Report from McDonald’s on Cross Bay Boulevard <\/p>\n

I just enjoyed probably the best morning of shorebird photography ever at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, NY (and that includes the last 33 years). In all there were more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-599","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}