Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on December 09, 2019, 05:13:57 PM
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Lovely series of shots of winter waterfowls. Now you have to add a male Surf Scoter or a Black Scoter to the group. Where did you see the King Eider and the Harlequin? Colonel Sam Smith Park? I remember seeing them both there a few years ago.
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Beautiful set of images. Really like the plumage on the 2nd Long-tailed duck shot.
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SS, fantastic images!
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seen a Black Scoter once and it was too far away. A Surf Scoter has eluded me so far. I hope I will
soon see some waterfowl photos on this forum, especially those taken with long glass. Mine were
all taken with a 200mm lens.
You got some excellent photos despite the lens limitation that you mentioned. Two weeks ago I saw my first Black Scoter at the end of Grays Road in Stoney Creek, Hamilton. There was a group of both sexes mingling with other waterfowl. It was a windy and cloudy day. Not only the birds were far out in the lake, the choppy water in the lake didn't help. I had 500mm lens with 1.4 extender on it. Yet, it still didn't produce any stellar image; however good for ID and make my life list. The Surf Scoter (second image) was taken at Burlington Lift Bridge on the same day; it was a bit closer to the pier and thus a better picture.
1. A group of Black Scoter ( male and female). The male has that distinctive orange knob on its beak.
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2. Surf Scoter (Male)
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Okay, Okay. I will go this weekend! :P :P
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I gotta say, I love winter ducking. Something to look forward to when temps drop to near or below 0.