Loon Feeding Chick


Posted by Kari Post on Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:25 pm

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An adult Common Loon passes a small fish to its fuzzy brown chick.
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by Ron Day on Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:37 pm
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A wonderful behavioral image and cute as can be, Kari.
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:34 am
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Great moment captured. Love the close view. From a boat, perhaps?
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by Kari Post on Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:10 am
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Cynthia Crawford wrote:Great moment captured. Love the close view. From a boat, perhaps?
Yup! I do pretty much all of my loon photography from a kayak.
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by david fletcher on Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:45 pm
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Brilliant close up and moment captured Kari!
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by Ranger on Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:34 am
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Excellent picture and a great moment well taken.
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by enrique patino on Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:17 pm
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great shot. what f/stop?
 

by Kari Post on Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:18 pm
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enrique patino wrote:great shot. what f/stop?
420mm, 1/250s, f/6.3, ISO 3200... very difficult to get parent and baby in the same plane of focus, but overcast so not a whole lot of light to work with!
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