Red Breaste Merganser


Posted by Rob Palmer on Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:07 pm

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Lots of ducks around Prospect Lake in Denver. First time I've been there and it was really fun being able to get so close to some of these ducks. However the mergansers stayed pretty far away. I shot this with stacked converters and I still think it looks pretty good.

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by scottleslie on Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:51 pm
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Nice shot, Rob! He looks like he's welcoming you with open arms (wings :wink: ). The water is really neat, too and the image is quite sharp considering stacked conversters. Well done!
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by BrianS on Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:56 pm
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by Fero on Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:28 pm
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I like it a lot, water is cool
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by Bill Whala on Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:36 pm
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Rob,

This is most likely a Common Merganser. A Red-breasted would be quite a ways out of its range at Prospect.

This is a very nice shot showing the wing flap behavior. :)
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by Safariguy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:11 pm
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I think that you are right it is great...tons of attitude. Does it need to be tilted just a tad? Looks a bit downhill, but not a big deal at all...

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:21 pm
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I love the action, perhaps a little blue cast on my monitor.
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by Jeff Moore on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:26 pm
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Nice shot Rob. I like how you can pick out the water droplets on the belly.
As for ID, I put a vote in for a female Hooded Merganser. There is a lot of crest there. The white throat patch is present on female Hoodeds and Common Mergs have bright red bills.

Once again, nice action shot.
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by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:37 pm
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Rob, I would not have guessed stacked converters. This is great.
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by Alan Melle on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:16 pm
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Bill Whala wrote:Rob,

This is most likely a Common Merganser. A Red-breasted would be quite a ways out of its range at Prospect.

This is a very nice shot showing the wing flap behavior. :)
Nice catch of the action. Not sure about the species but there were quite a few Red-breasted Mergansers at Prospect Park last February when I was shooting there. They were way outnumbered by the amount of Common Mergansers there.
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by Rob Palmer on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:39 pm
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Actually, I made a mistake, this is a female Hooded Merganser, I have a few other pics of this bird hanging out with a male, unless she has a different species boyfriend.
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by Paul Fusco on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:51 pm
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Nice shot, Rob, especially considering it was taken with stacked TCs. It's very sharp.
It looks a bit blue on my monitor also.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:26 am
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Very nice shot. Good job capturing the wing flap.
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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:06 am
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Nice shot Rob, good timing! Now I know where Don King has been hiding lately 8)
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by Alan Melle on Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:38 pm
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Rob Palmer wrote:Actually, I made a mistake, this is a female Hooded Merganser, I have a few other pics of this bird hanging out with a male, unless she has a different species boyfriend.
You're right! DUH! The black bill should have been the clue. I guess I need to pay more attention. :oops:
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by Bill Whala on Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:25 pm
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Rob Palmer wrote:...this is a female Hooded Merganser...
Even easier for me to believe. :D
Alan Melle wrote:Nice catch of the action. Not sure about the species but there were quite a few Red-breasted Mergansers at Prospect Park last February when I was shooting there. They were way outnumbered by the amount of Common Mergansers there.
I stand corrected. :oops:
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by LHays on Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:56 pm
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Nice wingflap. Hope this was lunch for a good friend of yours.
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