<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Great report and video clips, Marv.<div>What camera and how many millimeter lens are you using to get those nice shorebird shots in that location?</div><div>Even with 600 or 840 mm lenses, I have found that shorebirds are far away and very small in my video clips at that location. Have you found them feeding in closer recently?</div><div>I like getting video clips of birds that are at least 1/4-1/3 of the vertical height of the frame.</div><div>Thanks again for your reports. I always appreciate and enjoy them.</div><div>Dan</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 30, 2025, at 2:58 PM, MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div class="rteDiv"></div><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px"><b><u>This morning there were at least 10 shorebird species at the Cedar River Mouth in Renton:</u></b></p><div>Semipalmated Plover - 3</div><div>Killdeer</div><div>Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 juv</div><div>Long-billed Doeitcher - 1 adult & 1 juv</div><div>Spotted Sandpiper</div><div>Red Knot - 1 juv</div><div>Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 juv</div><div>Western Sandpiper</div><div>Least Sandpiper</div><div>Baird's Sandpiper - 4 juv</div><div><br>
</div><div>videos of today's & previous birds: <a href="https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN">https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN</a></div><div><br>
</div><div style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">There was also a mink as well as a young river otter.</div><div style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px"><br>
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</div><div style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">Marv Breece<br>
Tukwila, WA<br>
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