mr and mrs merganser
Dec 30, 2011 18:37:08 #
Dec 30, 2011 20:11:44 #
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Dec 30, 2011 20:56:16 #
Great pictures! It's not fair that he is so much better looking than the Mrs!
Dec 30, 2011 21:00:59 #
It's trick photography! They're both him, one going out on Saturday night and the other on his way home early Sunday morning.............
Dec 30, 2011 23:29:06 #
Coolpix wrote:
It's trick photography! They're both him, one going out on Saturday night and the other on his way home early Sunday morning.............
Booooooo !
Sarge
Dec 30, 2011 23:36:53 #
Dec 30, 2011 23:40:05 #
SQUIRL033 wrote:
a couple of hooded mergansers...
I love the male. My brother-in-law once had the largest waterfowl farm in the USA and had some there. It was amazing to watch the male do his mating dance. He looked like his neck would surely break!
Dec 31, 2011 02:45:00 #
Two really good photos!! #1 with the reflection is my favorite of the two but both are wonderful.
Dec 31, 2011 04:03:27 #
thanks, everyone! yeah, the male is the more colorful, but that's pretty much universal in the bird world. the females are drab and plain, to make it easier for them to blend in when sitting on their eggs. the female redwinged blackbird, for instance, looks like a little, dappled brown sparrow. female ducks are typically brown and plain, while the males have iridescent plumage. i guess having the female be the colorful, "pretty" one is just a human thing... ;)
Dec 31, 2011 09:38:22 #
The real reason is that the female haven't learned about makeup.
SQUIRL033 wrote:
thanks, everyone! yeah, the male is the more colorful, but that's pretty much universal in the bird world. the females are drab and plain, to make it easier for them to blend in when sitting on their eggs. the female redwinged blackbird, for instance, looks like a little, dappled brown sparrow. female ducks are typically brown and plain, while the males have iridescent plumage. i guess having the female be the colorful, "pretty" one is just a human thing... ;)
Dec 31, 2011 10:10:15 #
Dec 31, 2011 10:30:06 #
I live on Dexter Creek in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and in spring have a camo tent with hidden camera holes to shoot from. We got Wood Ducks, Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Mallards, Blue Heron, so much fun photographing them. Use a Canon and a 100-400 4.5-5.6 L IS and drive my wife crazy with pictures. Spreading corn on grass in spring brings them in closer. ( And Duck House )
Dec 31, 2011 16:18:20 #
photosbywick wrote:
I live on Dexter Creek in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and in spring have a camo tent with hidden camera holes to shoot from. We got Wood Ducks, Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Mallards, Blue Heron, so much fun photographing them. Use a Canon and a 100-400 4.5-5.6 L IS and drive my wife crazy with pictures. Spreading corn on grass in spring brings them in closer. ( And Duck House )
So, where are the pictures?
Jan 1, 2012 10:46:35 #
So many to choose from, here is a couple I like best;
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