Common Loon Feeding Chick
I thought I might have timed my July vacation in Maine just right to get a shot of a Loon chick riding on the parent's back. Alas, on my first day there I got into the little solo canoe and found both parents with a chick that must have been just a few days off the back. It had not yet learned to dive comfortably (I did see one brief attempt at a dive), so the parents would take turns coming to feed it. I love the way the parent Loon can somehow lower its buoyancy to get down to the level of the little chick. I previously posted several shots where I was close enough to fill the frame with parent and chick. This one is cropped to about 65% of full width. Taken sitting on the floor of the canoe, with the lens braced on my knee. Can't compete with Randy, but this was my one and only close encounter with Loon parents and chick, so I was pleased to come away with a few frames.
D500, Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm, ISO 1000, 1/2500s @ f/8 manual. HH
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