Collared plover (Charadrius collaris)

El Oconal, Villa RIca, Pasco, Peru. Dec 29, 2020

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Thibaud Aronson

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One late afternoon I rented out a small boat (5 soles, or just over one euro, for an hour) and rowed out into the shallow lake, struggling to get over the floating lily pads and other mats of aquatic vegetation, or in some places, areas where the bottom of my boat very nearly scraped against the bottom of the lake. But it paid off as the birds in the middle of the lake were clearly not bothered by me and I was able to get very close to various plovers, sandpipers and other waterbirds as they went about their business, including this juvenile plover, which was a lifer for me!
Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  You really got amazingly close to this one! In our situation, it was an endless chase, always keeping the same big distance between us. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Ah yes I've definitely had experiences like that as well with waders! Posted 4 years ago

The Collared plover

The collared plover is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Feb 9, 2021. Captured Dec 29, 2020 10:27 in El Oconal, 19300, Peru.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/10.0
1/1250s
ISO1250
560mm

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