Loons.

davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
edited April 24, 2008 in Wildlife
Not many egrets up in the Great White North yet, so how about some loons.

The skies were overcast, but we found a bay that gave us a good reflection on the water, and saved a few of these shots.

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If only it would have been looking at me.
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dave.

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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Beautiful shots. Well done clap.gif Love the water droplets on the feathers. Loons are so cool. I like the stealthy low profile when they are in the water. And the eerie call eek7.gif
    Dan

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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Great shots Dave! The middle two are my favs!
    Glenn

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Good set Dave thumb.gif. Those loons don't seem to be an easy expsoure and it looks like you didn't have a lot of light. Nice work.
    Harry
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Nice photos...Loons are such beautiful birds.
    Mary
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Thanks guys.

    They were moving in and out of a shaded bay that made the 2 middle shots have good color to the water.
    The grey skies made it tough when they moved out of that area.
    I'd like to get a another shot at one of these guys feeding again.
    Maybe over the weekend.

    later.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    davev wrote:
    Thanks guys.

    They were moving in and out of a shaded bay that made the 2 middle shots have good color to the water.
    The grey skies made it tough when they moved out of that area.
    I'd like to get a another shot at one of these guys feeding again.
    Maybe over the weekend.

    later.

    I hope you get some more....I never get tired of Loon photos. I tried a couple summers ago to get a few, but I wasn't successful :cry Maybe this year.

    Maybe you could answer this...where do they go in the winter?
    Mary
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Dogdots wrote:
    I hope you get some more....I never get tired of Loon photos. I tried a couple summers ago to get a few, but I wasn't successful :cry Maybe this year.

    Maybe you could answer this...where do they go in the winter?


    South. But I don't know where.:D
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    davev wrote:
    South. But I don't know where.:D

    Hmmmm....that got me courious and I found these two sites:Common Loon Migration Study - Migration Data and http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/migratory_birds/loons/questions.html
    Mary
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    I'd love to be able to photograph loons one day. Nice work on a difficult day.
    Stephen
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2008
    Dig the way they look

    really like fishy shot thumb.gif
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