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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on February 07, 2013, 02:00:00 PM

Title: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: cosmo3667 on February 07, 2013, 02:00:00 PM

Nice bright sunshine, a large pack of ice in the inner lagoon lots of birds around again still 30 Trumpeter Swans 2 Mute swans, 100 MAllards 2 of which are Bib Mallards 1 a regular for the last 3 years and now a new female with the  white bib chest.  Quite a few Longtails many staying close to shore, 15 Buffleheads, a few Common Mergansers out further in the lake and 30 or more Canada Goose, and the flock of Rock Pigeons coming and coming constantly that make for good practice on inflight pics.
Rock Pigeons returning to shoreline.
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Longtail diving
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Female Mallard in flight

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Female Bufflehead flight over the ice to open water

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Bib Mallard coming on for landing
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first sightings of the Bib Mallards as a pair
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Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: rcflier on February 07, 2013, 02:22:05 PM

Very nice captures.  Are you digiscoping?

tnx

Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: BoboBird on February 07, 2013, 04:11:04 PM

Very nice and well done set.

You go and get all this variety. I go and it is just ducks and gulls. :(

Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: cosmo3667 on February 07, 2013, 04:41:19 PM

Quote from: "rcflier"

Very nice captures.  Are you digiscoping?

tnx

No I am not did not even know what that is till I googled it. Just looking, may use binoculars and camera 55-300mm lens

Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: Rotarran on February 07, 2013, 08:36:08 PM

Great pictures Cosmo.  Thank you for sharing.

Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: cosmo3667 on February 07, 2013, 11:29:44 PM

Quote from: "Rotarren"

Great pictures Cosmo.  Thank you for sharing.

Thank you

Title: Re: Scarborough Bluffers Park Wed Feb 6
Post by: Palo on February 08, 2013, 06:45:58 PM

I love the action shots Cosmo and nice timing on the dives. Keep em comin'.