The Loon Chick Has Hatched - Hitching a Ride!

[JustinHoffman]

Hello All,

 

It has been fun watching and photographing the nesting common loon (see earlier post) and I am happy to say the egg has successfully hatched. I captured the following images when the chick was either 5 or 6 days old, back on July 3rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the chick at age 16/17 days. They certainly do grow quickly!

 

 

And here is a short video I shot:

 

 

 

Equipment used was a Canon 7d and Sigma 150-500mm telephoto.

 

For those interested, photographic prints of some of these images are available for purchase on my website: www.JustinHoffmanOutdoors.com

 

Happy Shooting,

Justin

Edited July 20, 2013 by JustinHoffman

[misfish]

Nice shots Justin.

[danc]

Beauty shots once again Justin.

[JustinHoffman]

Thanks Brian and Dan - definitely one of my more memorable shoots so far!

 

Now, off to Algonquin later this week in hopes of bear or wolf. Fingers crossed

 

Cheers,

Justin

[Rodbender]

Great shots good luck in Algonquin

[Twocoda]

nice shooting Justin...how are you liking the 150 to 500....i have the same lens and find it a bit soft at 500 but sharp as a tack at 400 ....still well worth the money though