Marbled Murrelet

Posted by mikullashbee on Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:51 pm

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I finally had an opportunity to catch up with one of these little alcids this past summer. My girlfriend and i were camping on Hornby Island(a small island off Vancouver Island) and decided to rent a two seater kayak. She was a sport about me bringing my gear and trying to shoot seabirds. This was the first and only Marbled murrelet of the trip. The water colour was created by the reflection of a cliff in the water.
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by Mike in O on Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:19 pm

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That is really special both photo wise and rarity wise.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:27 pm

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Without a doubt, the best I have seen of this killer species. I really wish this was mine. The water color is so sweet. Really nice Mike.

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by David Salem on Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:06 am

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Nice job getting this rarity. The details and colors look great. Well done

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by Matt Filosa on Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:55 am

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Great low angle on this cute little alcid.

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by RLK on Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:07 am

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Great detail on this little guy. A far better image of this specie than I have ever been able to get. Congrats!
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by WOlf38 on Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:20 am

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Beautfiul shot!
Love angle, bird and water.
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by joem on Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:31 am

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Terrific bird & beautifully captured Michael.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:58 pm

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A fine image, well done! Your girlfriend sounds like a keeper too.

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by Connor Stefanison on Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:23 pm

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Really well done Mike! I love the water.

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by SeattleBirdMan on Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:20 am

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Nicely done. These are hard birds to get close to.

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by andre paul on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:49 am

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very nice!!!

i had never heard about this bird, but i was just reading now its history in the least years .....

amazing!

always learning from here !!!!!

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by WILDSUDIPTA on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:24 pm

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Great image with BG , details and eye contact . Nice work .....

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by mikullashbee on Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:19 am

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Carol Clarke wrote:A fine image, well done! Your girlfriend sounds like a keeper too.

Hahaha. Oh she's a keeper alright,she did all the steering and was forced to have a lesson on lighting angles aswell.Thanks.

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by garyluhm on Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:17 am

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Major envy here. As a kayaker, I've tried many times for this species with only marginal success. It looks like a juvenile. Was it end of August? We're any parents around, still feeding it. Great shot of a coveted bird!

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by mikullashbee on Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:10 pm

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garyluhm wrote:Major envy here. As a kayaker, I've tried many times for this species with only marginal success. It looks like a juvenile. Was it end of August? We're any parents around, still feeding it. Great shot of a coveted bird!

You are bang on with the time frame,the date was August 29th. There was a huge flotilla of Alcids on the water that evening,mainly common murre,rhinos,guillemots but this was the only murrelet we encountered. Cheers Mike Ashbee

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by David Stimac on Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:18 pm

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Hard to get and beautiful. Nice job!

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by Missy Mandel on Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:43 am

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Michael, congrats on this sighting, and for EP!

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