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Common Greenshank

Common Greenshank (Image ID 39277)
Photographed byJim Schultz on Fri 21st Feb, 2020 and uploaded on Sun 23rd Feb, 2020 .
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CommentA large, thickset but elegant wader with a long, slightly upturned bill, the Common Greenshank is equally at home in coastal and inland wetlands. Often, the species is seen single or in pairs, but sometimes they can form large flocks. These birds are easily flushed when chanced upon feeding in low water, taking off with a ringing call low across the water surface in an erratic and rapid flight. Sexes are alike, but immature birds have a slightly darker neck and head, with darker streaking. The legs are long and pale olive-green, the feet the same colour. Breeding in Scotland and the northern steppe regions from Scandinavia and eastwards to the Siberian Taiga, they arrive in Australia during August/September in order to winter here, and by the end of March, they’re all gone. Australia has a very large wintering population of the species and while here, it is widely distributed avoiding only the central, arid parts of the nation. Collins Pool, Birchmont; GPS. Status (2016): Least Concern
EquipmentOlympus OM-D E-M1X camera body with Olympus 300mm f4 IS Pro ED M.Zuiko lens. Velbon Neo Carmagne Carbon Tripod with Manfrotto Ball Head Art 498RC2. Camera settings: Exposure Program/Shooting Mode: ‘Manual’; shutter speed 1/2500 sec, f6.3 & ISO-640. Metering Mode: ‘CenterWeightedAverage’; Focus Mode: ‘C-AF’ and Drive: ‘Sequential shooting (1frame)’ & maximum burst rate habitually set to 12 to prevent filling up the buffer for which reason I also only shoot in RAW. Image Stabilizer on (S-SIS AUTO) & In-Camera-Sharpness +2. Olympus Workspace for metadata; FastStone for viewing & sorting; Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/CC 2020 for cropping and post-processing; Topaz Pro plug-ins Sharpen AI & DeNoise AI for sharpening and noise control. ‘Australian Bird Guide 2019’ for supplementary data and colour checks.
LocationCollins Pool, Lk McLarty Nature Reserve, Birchmont; GPS, Western Australia
Keywordsadult, non-breeding plumage/features
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