Long-Tailed Duck—LTDU
The unique shape of the head of this winter visitor to the waters off the coast of New Jersey elicits comparison with that of a poodle. The male’s long tail for which it is named is not always easy to see because the birds will often let them just lay on the water. This photo shows two male and one female bird. They were at the entrance to the Shark River Inlet at Belmar on March 9, 2021.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Long-Tailed Duck—LTDU
The unique shape of the head of this winter visitor to the waters off the coast of New Jersey elicits comparison with that of a poodle. The male’s long tail for which it is named is not always easy to see because the birds will often let them just lay on the water. This photo shows two male and one female bird. They were at the entrance to the Shark River Inlet at Belmar on March 9, 2021.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Lightbox Gallery of Great Horned Owl photographs.
Back view of a Great Horned Owl that had just flown across my path to perch on this branch.
The bird immediately looked over its shoulder to check me out givng me the chance to capture its face.
This is a tighter crop of the previous image. The bird clearly decided I was a threat and it should move on.
This was the third shot taken in quick succession as the bird turned its head prior to flying off.
Pentax K-3 with 300 mm lens augmented by the 1.4x teleconverter, f/8 at 1/1000th second, iso 1,000. Post-processed using Adobe Lightroom.
This page last updated Mar 10, 2021.