Common Loons in Gloucester Harbor
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.
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has spent the last five years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications.
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January 31, 2009 10:14:55 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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Hey that Loon looks familiar
Great shots bud!