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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Gambel's Quail (Callipepla
gambelii)
Place: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ, USA
Date: March 2003
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
monopod from car window
Film: Fuji Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix meter
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 80% of frame
Commentary: As often as I see this common species here in AZ,
I have very few photos of it that I like. It usually stays on the
ground feeding, or runs across the road in front of the car. This
bird sat up on this ocotillo stalk off the northern loop drive at
Organ Pipe a couple weeks ago - the only bird I photographed along
this 53 mile one-way dirt road.
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