400mm seems awfully short after being used to 500mm for the last 10 years…
But it is a lot easier carrying around.
Some EF 400 f/5.6L shots
Tag: Great Scaup
Late Winter Trip 2023 #28
The Lesser Scaup was still around the next day…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #18
My only lifer of the trip was this male Lesser Scaup. I would never have noticed unless another birdwatcher (the only one I saw on the whole trip) told me there was one mixed in with the Greater Scaups and Pochards in one of the ports. Whoever you are, thank you!
At first it was resting but you can clearly see the different head shape and colour to the ubiquitous Greater Scaup.
Some more RF600 f/11 shots
It was a bright sunny afternoon….
The lens is taking a bit of getting used to, still not 100% comfortable with getting the right exposure sometimes. A lot of soft shots but a few hits.
And lo-rez pics like this are presentable.
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.
A default port bird
A quiet lazy Sunday but I stopped by one of the local ports and there were some Scaup diving and catching fish…
Winter birds arriving
Lots of common winter gulls and ducks around now as well as the first swans and geese.
A very quiet last 3 weeks for various reasons, these photos were all just outside town this afternoon.
The Funny Side
Even with the global pandemic and all the nonsense going on in America over the last 2 months this Scaup still found the time to have a good laugh today.
While I was waiting
There were quite a few birds in the port whilst I was waiting in vain for the Steller’s Sea Eagle to move…….
Red-breasted Merganser, Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Black-necked Grebe, Pelagic Cormorant and Glaucous-winged Gull to be exact.
A sunny day in the port
There were a group of Great Scaup in the harbour at Yakumo diving and coming up with what looked like bits of Salmon. I guess some Salmon aiming for the river got lost and ended up perishing in the port………….
The Scaup were joined by a lone Pochard who got in on the act too.
