Faded Glory

[Randy Stout]

This adult common loon was imaged in the early fall.  The once beautiful feathers have faded, even the brilliant ruby eye.  But, it is part of their story, so I thought worth sharing.  I liked the golden water as a tie to fall, with the molting feathers.

D4  600VR

Thanks for your thoughts and comments

Randy

[armando_m]

great light

how can you tell it is the same bird?

[MFloyd]

This made me querying about the life expectancy: I was amazed to learn, it was on average between 29-30 years.

[pluton]

Thanks for the photos and the bit of natural history.