Common Loon Taking A Running Start To Get Airborne
Most Of the Loons I see now days are transient. They will spend a few days/weeks on a lake and then go check out another lake. When I first came to Alaska, nearly every lake in the Anchorage area had a nesting pair of loons. Now days that is a rarity.
Sad how "progress" changes things and not for the better.
Common Loons are big birds and they need a long runway to get airborne. So, when taking off they do a lot of running on the water before they get into the air. They nearly always take off into the wind.
Camera Settings: f/5.6 - 1/500 - 280mm - ISO 640
Common Loon Taking A Running Start To Get Airborne
Most Of the Loons I see now days are transient. They will spend a few days/weeks on a lake and then go check out another lake. When I first came to Alaska, nearly every lake in the Anchorage area had a nesting pair of loons. Now days that is a rarity.
Sad how "progress" changes things and not for the better.
Common Loons are big birds and they need a long runway to get airborne. So, when taking off they do a lot of running on the water before they get into the air. They nearly always take off into the wind.
Camera Settings: f/5.6 - 1/500 - 280mm - ISO 640