The commonest duck in the port this year…
Tag: Black Scoter
2 days away #3
The ports didn’t have that many birds; here are some of the commoner ones.
Some more EF 400 f/5.6L shots
The light lens day continued…
So surprise surprise neither the RF 600 f/11 or the EF 400 f/5.6L are as good as the EF 500 f/4L but on days like yesterday sometimes it’s great to not worry about heavy lenses and dodgy shoulders.
Actually I used the big lens this afternoon and the camera/lens started shuddering and making loud noises and an error message appeared in the viewfinder. Hopefully just a case of cleaning the contacts….
Some more from a sunny Sunday with the RF 600 f/11
I tried some Scoter BIFs…
Topaz DeNoise rescued these.
Late Winter Trip 2023 #29
The eerie calls of Black Scoter are a common sound this time of year…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #24
Some port ducks…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #6
The usual winter gulls were in the ports…
And the usual winter ducks too…
Some teleconverted ducks
Some more softish 400 f5.6 plus 1.4X T/C shots…
Sore?
How the hell do they digest these? It must hurt coming out of whatever end it comes out of…
Lots of Black Scoter around today.
Black, white and grey
A dark, grey snowy Sunday with some common winter birds to match…
The last port Call
I won’t be heading up to Oshamambe/Yakumo for a couple of weeks and by then the ports will probably be empty of ducks as they will have headed north…
Yesterday both Black Scoter and Great Scaup were abundant.
More Black Scoters…
These were absolutely everywhere at the weekend…