Skittish Long Legged Birds

• February 26, 2021

Long Legged Bird

These long legged birds are always hard for me photograph because they’re so skittish. At other times I’ve been able to get a still shot from a long way, at night, when they are high up in the trees. In this case, she was off the ground and not on the water below, but still low in the branches she didn’t have much nerve when she saw me looking at her. They might be closer than you think because there’s no doubt they sneak around trying to hide.

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