Common Eider checking the naughty bits, then welcoming the ladies. #commoneider #duck #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportpublicboatramp
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A Surf Scoter drake faces the camera with his black body, white forehead, and weird black & white & red & orange bill.
A scoter hen emerges from the briny deep, behind the back of the drake with his bright white nape.
Two scoters facing one another. The bird on the left has a white wash on the nape, along with the other markings of an adult hen.
Surf Scoters - charter members of the Funny-looking Duck Club.
#surfscoter #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
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A showy Long-tailed duck rests on the water with tail at full staff.
A Long-tailed Duck grooms his tail by rubbing it with his bill and forehead.
How do you keep your tail looking gorgeous? Easy, rub it with your bill and forehead.
#longtailedduck #ducksofinstagram #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts
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Horned Grebe with its bright red eyes. #hornedgrebe #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
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Two course meal at the sushi bar. Squid followed by more squid. #redbreastedmerganser #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportharbor
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Something got stuck!
#hornedgrebe #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
[Note: No grebes were harmed during the taking of these pictures.]
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When are there too many Hooded Merganser portraits? I say "never".
#hoodedmerganser #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts
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A Wigeon drake walks up out of the water onto the ice sheet
Step-by-step walking from right to left across the ice, a wigeon makes his way back toward open water
In front of the ice sheet, a wigeon sips the cold water
Approaching the ice, a wigeon poses facing the camera
American Wigeon dining in icy waters at Westport (MA) Public Boat Ramp. #americanwigeon #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts
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Blissed out Common Loon preens and floats down the Westport River
#commonloon #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportharbor
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Horned Grebe butt. #birdbutt #bird #birdphotography #hornedgrebe #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
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Common Eider is disturbed by the mere existence of neighboring Greater Scaup. #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportharbor
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Female Long-tailed Duck is swimming toward the camera. Her brown cap descends to her bill, dividing her white head in two.
A female Long-tailed Duck swims right to left across the frame. She is about to take a dive, though there is no indication in her posture. Her brown wings are raised a bit, exposing white flanks.
A split-second later, she is halfway into her dive. On the ends of her wings and half her body remains above the surface of the water. There is water cascading off her short tail.
Long-tailed Duck hen taking a dive. I can *never* predict what will be popular on social media but I really like the abstract image caught in Photo 3. I've never frozen a dive at that moment before. #longtailedduck #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
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A male Black Scoter is scooting toward the bottom right corner of the fame. Three other males and a female go about their business.
Perhaps Black Scoter hens are attracted to the drake who scoots away the best.
#blackscoter #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland
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A Red-throated Loon, in its black, white, and gray winter plumage, is swimming away from the camera, looking right. The black and white patterned back is on clear display.
Red-throated Loon about to take a dive. It spent 95% of its time with me underwater.
#redthroatedloon #loon #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #birdsofwestportma #gooseberryisland
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Two White-winged Scoters celebrate bright sunny weather on November 20.
#whitewingedscoter #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportma #gooseberryisland
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Male and female Black Scoters, taking a break from looking at one another. He with a black body, black head, and black bill with a large bright orange knob. She with a brown body, nape, and cap, along with white cheeks, white neck, and black bill.
Female Surf Scoter on the left with three male Surf Scoters. The males were NOT getting along.
Male White-winged Scooter, the swoosh duck!
The Scoter cousins: Blackie, Surfie, and Whitey.
#blackscoter #surfscoter #whitewingedscoter #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #westportma #gooseberryisland
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The bird in the back was swimming alone, showing off the vestiges of its red throat, when a second bird popped up directly in front.
I was photographing the one in the back when a photo-bombing Red-throated Loon stole the focus.
#redthroatedloon #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts
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A gray catbird is perched facing away from the camera, looking left. It is cropped to view only the back, nape, and head of the bird. Its black cap stands out against its gray face with a bright brown eye.
Gray Catbird #bird #birdphotography #graycatbird #birdsofmassachusetts
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Any which way but loose! A Semipalmated Plover tries to pull a sand worm free. #semipalmatedplover #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #ellisvilleharborstatepark
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A Black-bellied Plover stands on the mud, facing right. In its bill is a, a, a, well I don't know what is in its bill. Lets call it brunch. Its some kind of wiggly wormy thing.
Black-bellied Plover nabs a wiggly at Ellisville Harbor State Park in Plymouth, MA. #blackbelliedplover #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #ellisvilleharborstatepark
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A Saltmarsh Sparrow standing, legs hidden, among the grasses just off the main road on the Beach Trail at Allens Pond. A few blades of grass further obscure a clear view of the bird, though focus and light are both pretty good.
Almost all of a Saltmarsh Sparrow in the marsh grass just off the main sandy road at Allens Pond. #bird #birdphotography #saltmarshsparrow #allenspond #westportma #birdsofmassachusetts
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Black-bellied Plover
I dunno. A first year? A bird further in molting?
A Black-bellied Plover at the bottom left of the frame, with a Spotted Sandpiper flying by in the upper right.
A Black-bellied Plover stands on the right, facing away from the camera. The head and neck of a Short-billed Dowitcher pop up from behind a rock on the left side of the frame.
Black-bellied Plovers visiting the southern tip of Gooseberry Island in various stages of molting. Bonus photo-bombing Spotted Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. #blackbelliedplover #bird #birdphotography #gooseberryisland #birdsofwestportma #birdsofmassachusetts
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A Willet and Least Sandpiper stand side-by-side in the marsh grass, both looking left. The Least would come up to the Willet's kneecaps, if Willets had kneecaps.
With a Willet, the Least Sandpiper shows off its name. #willet #leastsandpiper #bird #birdphotography #allenspond #birdsofwestportma #birdsofmassachusetts
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Part of a three raptor visit to Allens Pond, a Norther Harrier flies from left to right across the fame.
Northern Harriers are here year-round but I don't typically see them. I hope that this sighting means that cooler weather and fall migration are on the way! #northernharrier #bird #birdphotography #allenspondaudubon #birdsofwestportma #birdsofmassachusetts
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Mature Osprey on the left; Juvenile Osprey on the right. Both staring toward the camera showing their bright eyes.
Parents have yellow eyes. Kids have orange eyes. #osprey #bird #birdphotography #falmouth #birdsofmassachusetts
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Just sitting and waiting... A juvenile Red-winged Blackbird is identified by its bright fleshy gape flange (where the upper and lower bills meet).
Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird acting like it expects mom & dad to continue providing food. #redwingedblackbird #bird #birdphotography #westportma #birdsofmassachusetts #allenspond
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With his gold skullcap, the male Bobolink perches high on a flowering bush and gazes down pensively.
The front view doesn't show the beautiful patterns on the back of the male Bobolink but you can see a bit of gold striping on his wings. The extent of his skullcap is on display, beginning at the top of his head and extending down to the nape.
A male Bobolink seems to stand guard at the perimeter of his breeding ground. #bobolink #bird #birdphotography #allenspond #birdsofmassachusetts
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A Willow Flycatcher is perched on a small branch, facing the camera. It is singing with splayed tail feathers. The background consists of blurred foliage and branches that meld with the tail.
Willow Flycatcher displaying its tail. #willowflycatcher #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #allenspondwildliferefuge
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