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Normally found in larger water bodies, I suppose these Goosanders had been seeking shelter from the storm in this medium size pond. I wish I could have taken the pictures from lower perspective, but with extremely high water levels and flooded banks it was impossible.
Looks like it was a great opportunity to get close to these birds, nice pictures.
John
"A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau
I like these birds, one with a damaged wing has been hanging around with the Mallards on our local river in the town for the last 2 or 3 years, and it is usually joined by 3 or four for the winter.
Great set of images. I too have been lucky to have captured some Goosander, though I wasn't aware they are more usually found on large bodies of water. The ones I saw and photographed were on a river.
Great set of images. I too have been lucky to have captured some Goosander, though I wasn't aware they are more usually found on large bodies of water. The ones I saw and photographed were on a river.
True, they can be found on rivers as well, although where I live the species is year-round resident and are usually found on larger lakes/at sea, providing a more suitable habitat and where any attempt to approach closer than say 100m is futile. Exception from this is wintertime where they will seek up water bodies having open water. Or as in the current case, seeking shelter from a storm.
I tried to capture this in the narrative, perhaps I was too specific.
Here's a few more photos of one of the males. The group seems to have settled down, they were still in the same pond where I spotted them the other week.
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