Their black and white feather dress gives them an unusually elegant look.
Due to the location of their feet, very far to the back of their bodies, these birds spend most of their time in the water and are seen on land only during nesting/breeding time.
Despite their poor wing-area-to-weight ratio, they are good flyers, although they appear clumsy on take-off.
But when you are that beautiful,
who cares about "clumsy on take-off"?
A rare foto-shot.
A Loon upon her nest.
A careful approach and a short stay is necessary
so as not to frighten the bird and making it leave the nest.
at my second pass, I was lucky to observe the Loon
as it turned its eggs.
above and below:
The parents offer a fish to the chick.
Although the fish is almost as big as the chick,
I think this offer is made simply to let the chick peck around at the fish and give it a taste of its future main meal.
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