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Giving the new toy a workout today - I'm impressed - that autofocus is FAAAASST! I was using this with my 500mm which doesn't get an outing too often as it's so bl**dy heavy. Can't wait to get my 100-400mm back so I can use it hand-held and try it on birds in flight. Really chuffed with the results. Video looks excellent as well.
Photographed the pair of Mallard Ducks resting on the Gillies Lake shore located in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area in Timmins in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins located in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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This female Wigeon (or male in eclipse plumage) executes a takeoff run across the waters of Westchester Lagoon. Definitely a "run" as it uses its feet to help keep it above the water and increase it's speed as it's wings work to transition to flight.
Taken 4 September 2017 at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska.
Eurasian wigeon or Widgeon or Eurasian widgeon, female (Anas penelope or Mareca penelope), The Lakes in Copenhagen (Denmark)
Сви́язь, утка (Anas penelope), Озёра в Копенгагене (Дания)
Pibeand, hun (Anas penelope), Søerne i København (Danmark)
This female Common Merganser is swimming in water which is reflecting a color much like her, but she really stands out in it! I found her and some of her companions at Spenard Crossing in Anchorage.
Taken 14 October 2017 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
First time I have managed to photograph one of these. The conditions weren't ideal but I'll take it.
(Merganetta armata)
Cosanga
Ecuador
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Equador (2021) (328)
- All the photos for this order ANSERIFORMES (176)
- All the photos for this family Anatidae (Anatídeos) (194)
- All the photos taken this day 2021/11/14 (53)
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Two Trumpeter Swans were swimming in a small pool of the Eagle River, next to the Beaver Viewing Deck on the Rodak Trail, at the Eagle River Nature Center. You can see snow still on the banks of the river and that water is glacially feed, so very cold! I would like to hope this is an early sign of Spring and the beginning of birds migrating back to their nesting and breeding grounds, however this pair may have overwintered here. These birds breed on wetlands in remote Alaska, Canada, and northwest parts of the U.S.
In this image one of the swans was standing and flapping its wings quite vigorously - with wings that look angelic!
Taken 25 March 2018 at the Eagle River Nature Center, Alaska.
Mallard Duckling on edge of the Promende Trail in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area in Tisdale Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Barnacle geese breed mainly on the Arctic islands of the North Atlantic.
A new population has become established since 1975 breeding on the islands and coasts of the Baltic Sea (Estonia, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden), and wintering in the Netherlands. Population about 8,000.
Striking and distinctive gooselike duck. Plumage bright ruddy overall with contrasting pale creamy head and neck; male has narrow black neck ring. Big white forewing patches striking in flight. Breeds in southeastern Europe and Central Asia, winters in South Asia. Often found around saline lakes; also reservoirs and agricultural fields. Escapees from waterfowl collections occasionally seen free-flying outside of native range. (eBird)
Hundreds of water birds were taking advantage of an ephemeral lake just outside of Merzouga, on the edge of the Erg Chebbi. According to our guide, this was the first time he had seen this lake in five years.
Lake Merzouga, Morocco. March 2019.
One of the four species of waterfowl seen today at Len Howard Conservation Reserve, Mandurah, Western Australia. These are the Mallard equivalent of Australia and often interbreed with then where the latter have become established. Male and female look much the same with the distinctive facial pattern and a green speculum. This one had a brood of 6 ducklings
I've not been out much with the camera at the moment as my husband has been in hospital for nearly three weeks and I just got him home yesterday so I may get out again, once we're over the hump of getting him used to being at home again. I've been going through quite a lot of backlog and I'm on the last visit for 2024 so I can start on this years photos. I have posted quite a few already but there's still a lot of shots to process. Please forgive me if I have reposted anything but my life's been a bit upside down recently
This group of eight Mallard chicks were in line just ahead of their mother and there is safety in numbers, just like the ship convoys in wartime. I like how they had some light on them but the waters are dark. Oh, just like in a horror movie where something is in the water... Just kidding. This cute little innocent chicks didn't do anything to anybody ;)
Taken 25 May 2022 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska
The males look like patchwork quilts at the moment but in a couple of weeks they will be immaculate.
I was at Spenard Crossing this morning and saw a Mallard hen with four very young chicks. The chicks were literally dancing across the water apparently eating small insects and it wasn't until I got home and started to look at the images that I could finally see what insects they are going for. In this image it was a mosquito! The little chicks were literally running on the water they were racing around so fast. In this image you can see the chick really coming out of the water. And with all the mosquitoes that we have in Alaska - we need those chicks to work overtime!
Taken 28 May 2018 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
This Gadwall drake swims by me with not a worry in the world.
Taken 16 May 2022 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
Hunderte oder sogar tausende von Blässgänsen rasten zur Zeit auf den Wiesen rund um den Dümmer.
Sie sind auf ihrem Weg in die Brutgebiete im Norden und Nordosten Europas und nutzen das Gebiet zur Nahrungsaufnahme und den See und das überschwemmte Ochsenmoor als Schlafplatz.
Fundort: Deutschland - Dümmer - Ochsenmoor - 19.02.2021
I knew this Mallard drake was going to flap so I waited for him to launch, and indeed he did. But I was surprised to see that he closed his eyes at a point during the flapping.
Taken 27 April 2023 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
When we photograph ducks at this time of the year, it's normally the flashy males that are our target and we tend to dismiss the ladies as rather boring in comparison. Far from it -- as this lovely female shows
Quite a few at the lagoons. These are part of the naturalised population. I can hardly believe that in only a couple on months we'll have the Icelandic winter visitors with us
These two male Eurasian Wigeon are at different stages of moult. The lower bird has completed it moult and the angle of the light shows off the patch of green iridescence on the head which is not often seen as it will almost certainly wear off as the winter progresses. The bird above is not so advanced and still showing quite a lot of eclipse plumage