Flight of the Lesser Sand Plover
I never realized that shoreline birds are fascinating, especially if we can observe them closely. In the fraction of time when the rain stopped and the sun showed up a bit, 1/4000sec was possible to freeze their fly.
A flock of Lesser Sand Plovers (Charadrius mongolus) in Segiling, Bintan, with moulting plumage for the non-breeding period. They breed discontinuously in areas across east Asia from the Himalayas to North East Siberia, and occasionally in Alaska. Winter, non-breeding distribution includes the coasts and estuaries around the Indian Ocean and South-West Pacific (including Australia and New Zealand). They are also known to winter in eastern and southern Africa, from the western shores of the Red Sea to South Africa.
[Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 70-200 f/4L IS @200mm, f/5.6, 1/4000sec, ISO 400]
(with thanks to Iwan Londo for helping with species identification)
Higher resolution images below:
fotonya cakep pak, thumbs up!
nanya dong, ini lokasi persisnya dimana ya pak? mo nyoba foto2 kaya gini nih,
Thanks
Tkyu Bram. Ini di Bintan Utara. Ngambil dari laut.