A Cormorant that had been diving for fish comes up out of the water to takeoff.
Time is like a leaky faucet. It drips away second by second.
Cormorant Pair Take a Diving Break
Two Cormorants take a break from diving for fish and swim along a mudflat during high tide.
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Osprey and Bald Eagle Encounter
Two Bald Eagles flew into the salt marsh scattering most of the birds. The Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) went after the Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to keep them away from the Osprey nests.
Photographed in a salt marsh on Long Island Sound. The Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is larger than Lesser Yellowlegs and has a longer bill grayish at base.
A Red-shouldered Hawk, perched on top of a tall tree, drops off a branch and becomes airborne.
Female Downy Woodpecker on a Tree
This woodpecker is one of my backyard birds. When feeding, it alternates between this tree and the suet bird feeder hanging off a deck. Right now it is looking toward the bird feeder probably trying to decide if it is safe to head over there.
Red-shouldered Hawk Flying in the Treetops
March is great for photographing birds. The trees are still bare and its easy to spot birds perching in a tree especially when they are making a lot of noise. Today there were 4 Red-shouldered hawks calling kee-ah and flying from tree to tree.
The King Eider is a rarity around here but one appeared this winter and hung out with a bunch of Common Eiders. Many birdwatchers and bird photographers came for weeks to catch a glimpse, myself included. It took me two days of standing on the beach to get this shot. On the first day, this sole King Eider stayed too far out to get a decent shot. On the second day, it swam very close to shore and I captured this photo as it climbed up on a rock.
A Common Loon (Gavia immer) searching for fish on New Year's Day 2019.
Hooded Merganser Pair In Flight in Winter
It's December and this male and female Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucllatus) have just taken off after searching for small fish in a estuary.
Belted Kingfisher Female Inflight
Megaceryle alcyon
Double-crested Cormorant In-water Portrait
As soon as it turns its head into a side view, this Double-crested Cormorant looks like a completely different bird.
Late Afternoon Takeoff: Three Geese
The Canada Geese usually leave this salt marsh in the late afternoon or early evening. When you hear them honking in chorus, you know they are about to take off. These Canada Geese took a leisurely quarter mile swim to the end of the channel, turned around, started honking, took off and are getting airborne. The marsh grass is just turning into its fall colors while the late afternoon September sun gives colorful water reflections.
End of Summer Snowy Egret Takeoff Wings Level
The marsh grass colors are starting to change as fall nears. A Snowy Egret takes off and skims the colorful grasses to a new location in the saltmarsh.
A Cormorant's feathers are not water repellent and they have to spread their wings to dry them off. This Cormorant was drying off on a well traveled foot path and was not scared of the people passing by.
Green Heron Peeking (Award: Best Photography)
©2018 Paul Sikorski A Green Heron heard me and took a peek.
A flock of Brants skim the surface of a sparkling blue ocean.
