Today we have some bird photos from a newcomer, David Klotz, whom I met last week when he dropped by the U of C for his alumni reunion. His IDs and notes are indented:
2017: Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata) in LI Sound at Hammonasset State Park, CT. In winter plumage; red spot on throat comes in summer.
2017: Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) on Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland:
2017 Atlantic puffin on Staffa:
2017: Black guillemots (Cepphus grylle) on cliff side on Staffa:
2017: Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in Loch Lomond by the dock at the village of Luss:
2017: Mute swans (Cygnus olor) in Taylor Creek, Southampton (Long Island), NY:
2017: Willets (Tringa semipalmata) in a marsh at Southampton:
2017: Spotted sandpiper (Actitus macularius) on Star Island:
2018: Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanleuca) at Rocky Neck State Park, CT:
2018: Great egret (Ardea alba) at Rocky Neck:
Thanks for the great pics! Puffins always make me laugh. I especially appreciate your including the location where each was taken.
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Excellent one of the yellowlegs, and I too appreciate the locales.
Staffa is a wonderful Island for viewing puffins; if you stand still on the cliffs they just saunter right up to you.
As a bonus you get to visit Fingal’s Cave, and imagine you can hear Mendelssohn’s Overture to the Hebrides. A magical island, easily visited on a short day trip from Mull or Iona.
Thanks for the lovely photos!
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Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos…I really enjoy seeing these wildlife photos. It helps me start my day off just right.
Thank you for sharing this
These are nice. I especially like the puffins and the last two photographs, where the underside of the birds is reflected in the water.
Great photos, I would so love to see loons and puffins! The guillemots are rather nice,too.
Loved the egret photo. I took in the nature photography exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum last week. The most amazing photo to me was one of an egret driving off an eagle. I would have thought the contest would have gone the other way. And of course I loved the photo of the rhododendrons on the Blue Ridge Parkway, since the parkway is only a few miles from my house.
Wonderful dinosaurs.
Yes, wonderful dinosaur replacements.
Thanks for sharing these, David. Nice work!