Common Loons in Gloucester Harbor

By Corey • January 31, 2009 • 2 comments

On both the day of and the day after the Superbowl of Birding I was amazed at how the ducks, loons, and gulls (way maybe not so much with the gulls) were willing to go about their lives so close to people. Some of the shots I got digiscoping with my Swarovski equipment have already been posted on my Superbowl round-up post but I wanted to save the loon shots for their own post. Below are several shots of cooperative Common Loon (Gavia immer), known in Europe as the Great Northern Diver, in non-breeding plumage.

Tags: digiscoping, features, massachusetts, waterfowl

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy, their son, Desmond, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

2 Responses to “Common Loons in Gloucester Harbor”

Owlman Jan 31st, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Hey that Loon looks familiar Great shots bud!
Will Jan 31st, 2009 at 10:14 pm

No wonder you guys didn’t win. Spent too long taking pictures of 1 pointers.

There is a reason why they are 1 pointers…

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