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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: ravynne40 on January 30, 2011, 04:45:59 AM

Title: Humber Bay East-The Red Breasted(edited) Dance!
Post by: ravynne40 on January 30, 2011, 04:45:59 AM

While out at Humber Bay East yesterday, not a lot of birds out but enough to take the edge off the withdrawal of not birding for a few weeks!
There was a mocking bird, sparrows(mostly house), long tailed ducks, a coot, mergansers, swans(mute) several mallards and redheads!

The best part was the show the male red breasted mergansers put on for us in Lake Ontario, in unison they were stretching their heads up to the sky to impress the females,
I think we were more impressed then than the females LOL!
Is this a sign that spring is around the corner? (I sure hope so!!)

Do a little dance,...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5399431917_8147b3cb2d_o.jpg)

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Post by: feathered on January 30, 2011, 08:09:58 AM

Those are actually red-breasted mergansers, but very cool! The indifferent females are priceless.

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Post by: ravynne40 on January 30, 2011, 09:47:55 AM

Quote from: "feathered"

Those are actually red-breasted mergansers, but very cool! The indifferent females are priceless.

omg you are so right lmao! thank you for pointing it out to me I fixed it! thanks

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Post by: Bird Brain on January 30, 2011, 04:05:24 PM

Great photo!  Synchronized showing off ...  and the females are like "Yeah, whatever".  :lol:

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on January 30, 2011, 04:54:15 PM

Quote from: "ravynne40"

Quote from: "feathered"

Those are actually red-breasted mergansers, but very cool! The indifferent females are priceless.

omg you are so right lmao! thank you for pointing it out to me I fixed it! thanks

i didn't want to be the one to point it out :)

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Post by: feathered on January 30, 2011, 04:56:55 PM

Quote from: "ravynne40"

omg you are so right lmao! thank you for pointing it out to me I fixed it! thanks

No problem. :) Pretty ducks and nice behaviour shot regardless.

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Post by: ravynne40 on January 30, 2011, 06:21:58 PM

Thanks :) It was fun watching them, was a first for me :)

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Post by: Luv2Bird on January 30, 2011, 10:03:39 PM

Nice shots of the "dance"... we were there this afternoon and did not see this dance, but did see one of the males dashing across the water in short bursts .  I'm sure it was an attempt at impressing a female with this speed and agility.  :D