Black-throated Diver

[Kim Pilegaard]

Nikon Z7 II, VR 500 f/4G, TC-20E III

[Randy Stout]

Kim:

A beauty!  On my bucket list for sure.  I hope to capture all 5 species of loons before my bucket gets dumped!

Good shooting angle.  Were you on shore or in a boat?

Looking forward to more if available.

Randy

[Kim Pilegaard]

Kim:

A beauty!  On my bucket list for sure.  I hope to capture all 5 species of loons before my bucket gets dumped!

Good shooting angle.  Were you on shore or in a boat?

Looking forward to more if available.

Randy

Thanks Randy,

I was on a low bridge with the camera on a KES Low Pod Mount with Flexshooter Pro:

https://www.kirkphoto.com/supports-and-mounts/low-pod.html/?id=43

https://www.ballhead.eu/flexline-full-304

A very useful setup with touch focus on the Z7 II LCD.

[Bent Hjarbo]

Very nice picture, beautiful bird.

[Kim Pilegaard]

The Black-throated Diver is quite gregarious - even during breeding time. In "our" lake there is only one pair breeding, but quite often large flocks of adults are seen. Today we had a flock of 18 birds!

[Randy Stout]

Kim:  Thanks for the group picture and the story behind it.  Common loons do gather a bit, but its usually pretty contentious, a power play, rather than friendly.

Randy

[ThomasAdams]

Great photo, I may just have to nickname you "the water skimmer"    thank you for sharing the photo and a little information!