#winterbirding

Bufflehead ♀️ The way I try to photograph diving ducks is kind of funny. My approach is similar to the red light, green light game. When the duck dives, I run towards it for about 3-4 seconds, then kneel down before it pops back up. I do this until I'm in close range to get a decent shot. I won't say it works 100% of the time, but I does help! I'm sure the folks who've seen me do this were probably thinking, what the heck is that man doing. 😄 #bird_captures #raw_birds #massaudubon #nature #masswildlife #winterbirding #ducks #divingducks #audubonsociety #nature_worldwide_birds #birdfreaks #birdinginmassachusetts #ducksofinstagram #1birdshot #winter #planetbirds #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #waterfowl #castleislandboston #birdnerd #birdphotography #bbcearth #birds_perfection #naturemanmike #bufflehead #amazingbirds #blackbirders #migratorybirds (at Castle Island South Boston) https://www.instagram.com/p/ComrTadOyR8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's 16 degrees Fahrenheit, but the waterbirds are making it look like a tropical paradise! Bufflehead, scaup, redhead, and merganser are all having a blast in the icy waves of Lake Erie. . . #timeforhotcocoa #winterbirding #birding #lakeerie #ice #snow #winter #slushwave #december #brr #redbreastedmerganser #lesserscaup #greaterscaup #redheadduck #bufflehead #cantfeelmyfeet

Black-capped Chickadee 📸 Although there were a lot of migratory ducks at Deer Island, getting a good, low, eye level composition is difficult because the platform near the water is too high up. So I spent some time photographing the other birds in the area. #birdphotography #bird_captures #raw_birds #massaudubon #best_birds_of_world #birds_illife #birdsofinstagram #best_birds_photography #canonr5 #audubonsociety #nature_worldwide_birds #birdingphotography #amazingbirds #total_birds #blackcappedchickadee #birds_perfection #deerisland #winterbirding #planetbirds #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #bird_brilliance #birdwatching #birds_adored #dailybirdpix #bbcearth #allaboutbirds #best_birds_of_ig #birdinginmassachusetts (at Deer Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-IBF9uDNP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Common Goldeneye ♂️ with a juvenile Herring Gull. They actually weren't hanging out together. I was focused on the Common Goldeneye, and as it started swimming away from me, I just happened to catch this frame as it swam past the Gull. At 1st, I was thinking the Gull was messing up my shot, then I looked at it on the camera and thought, I actually like it. 😁 #bird_captures #raw_birds #massaudubon #nature #masswildlife #winterbirding #ducks #divingducks #audubonsociety #nature_worldwide_birds #birdfreaks #birdinginmassachusetts #ducksofinstagram #birdwatching #winter #planetbirds #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #waterfowl #castleislandboston #birdnerd #birdphotography #bbcearth #birds_perfection #naturemanmike #commongoldeneye #amazingbirds #blackbirders #migratorybirds (at Castle Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKxrDLOaJ7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Crazed ice and (by nature) crazed geese

Got the very cooperative fellow the other day along the Milk River (drain) across from the Ford Estate. #ronwarrenphotography #detroitphotographer #detroitphotography #winterbirding

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