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20-JUL-2008 Hank v/d Velde

20080720- D300 614 Common Loons (imm 5 wks old).jpg

Mississippi Lake, Ontario

Posted three images of the Loon Chick at 5 weeks old today. Click "Next", "Next" to see the other two.

From the bare spot on its back, one can see that the chick is now starting to loose its fluffy down making way for its regular feathers. On this day, I first fond the chick fishing about 100 meters from where Mom and Dad were feeding; however, as soon as I approached with my boat, Mom immediately swam towards her young one and stayed with it. Note, that though I've seen the young in fishing mode (head under water and/or diving) for some weeks now, I've yet to see it catch a fish.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/200s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso320 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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