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Common Loon At Play | April 6, 2008 |
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The following week (that is, yesterday), Sue and I returned to Colyer Lake. We only saw four common loons (but seeing any loon is exciting).
The loons appeared more interested in playing and splashing than anything else. A wild charge is a good way to begin a frolic. |
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To make the splashing run more interesting, a common loon either performs underwater somersaults or rolls over. The rolling over was easier to capture.
I call the following maneuver the Come Hither.
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| This one is the Dance of Joy, by which the loon rolls over on its back and waves its feet in the air. | ||
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Rising out of the water with spread wings is a common loon specialty. |
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Common loons lead active, dynamic lives.
Photo note: I used a Pentax *ist D, with the SMC 1000mm reflex lens, on April 5, 2008, for these photos. |
