David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
_________________________________________________________________________________________________Birds 115 – Great Northern Divers
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
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Great
Northern Divers or Great Northern Loons Gavia immer had always eluded the photographer in the sense
that he had only ever seen them occasionally and from a great distance prior to
encountering this particularly confiding first-winter individual early in 2018.
It had been reported as being very approachable and there was excellent
evidence for this when observing some of the superb photographs that had
already been posted on social media. Thankfully the photographer was able to
obtain fairly detailed information about where to find it from Ian Ballam, an
expert birdwatcher and photographer with local knowledge of the area. Despite a
period of poor weather a trip down to the south coast was made and fortunately
the weather was splendid for most of the day. This also applied to the
performance of the diver as it fished for Shore
Crabs Carcinus maenas in
a marine lake in excellent light and for a protracted period. Many thanks to
Ian for having provided an opportunity for this splendid bird to be
photographed.
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