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Friday Photos: Greater Yellowlegs

By Mia McPherson|June 17th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, evening, Greater Yellowlegs, lagoon, Low angle, resting, rising sun, shore, shorebirds, shoreline, Tringa melanolueca, water, yellowlegs|

When looking at a Greater Yellowlegs there is NO mistaking how they got the name "Yellowlegs".

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Friday Photos: Great Egret

By Mia McPherson|June 10th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, dunes, egret, egrets, Great Egret, habitat, photography, Pinellas County, shore, shoreline, tidal lagoon, wading birds|

I know this photo will always remind me of the great times I had photographing birds at Fort De Soto, one of my favorite places on earth.

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Rotation Adjustments – Sanderling At Dawn

By Mia McPherson|October 26th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Sanderlings|Tags: autumn, beach, bird photography, Calidris alba, coastal, coastal island, fall, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, low light, nonbreeding plumage, rotation adjustment, sand, Sanderling, sanderlings, shore, shorebird, shoreline, water, waves|

Proper rotation can make an image work. Improper rotation can cause the the person viewing to wonder what isn't right about an image.

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