Great Lakes region, USA. April 2026.

Definitely a top 5 common bird around my parts. We’re surrounded by rivers and lakes and these birds love hanging out by water. I love how different the females and males look.

  • Tempus Fugit@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Thanks. I don’t take nearly enough flight shots. IIRC this was fairly early in the morning still and I had to bump up my ISO quite a bit to get this at 1/2500s. I use a budget super telephoto and this was at the extreme edge 300mm with wide-open aperture f/6.7 so it would have been soft even if it wasn’t moving.