Common Loon, Maple Lake, Palos, IL, 03-25-10, 12noon, fishing, preening, wing flapping

freezing cold today, very windy, a common loon fishing in a small lake, Maple Lake in Palos area in Illinois

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• loon
• common
• bird
• birds
• birding
• teune

[wesserafin]

Video can be so much better than still shots. I love the wings out showing the spotting.

Wes Serafin

[chicagobirder]

yes, I found it interesting after he put his wings 'back' in place, the spotted feathers on top are almost like 'back' feathers covering the wings when they are folded

[peasant1]

Good stuff. Does have a windy look. You still using an FZ camera?

[chicagobirder]

yes, still have an FZ50, but have found video so much fun, that I am using that a lot more, it's hard to get one camera that does both well.

My new video camera is a Canon HF200, bought it last Dec. for family trip to Thailand, which reminds me, have to post my Thailand bird vids

[GEO123ABC]

as a bird nerd myself i was out there that day it was cold but worth it.

[Celticgal01604]

Very nice! I love loons. Thanks

[sharan60dream]

good video . nice sized fish.