In my previous experience photographing this bird, I was very frustrated
with tracking it down and getting close without scaring it off. On Saturday
morning I awoke early-- 8am-- and biked down to the Lagoons, where to
my surprise I found an large flock of Red Breasted Mergansers (+ a few hooded
mergansers, which is the one with the white head). I found a shady spot
next to a tree to perch my telephoto lens, and waited patiently until
the mergansers floated by; I remained totally still and they didn't notice
me, and as a result I got some super close -up portraits of them. They're very
interesting looking birds, I think.
After several months of futile bird photography I decided it was time to
reform my habits and research what other people are doing that makes
their photos so much more intimate than mine. I employed all of these
techniques on Saturday and spent four hours successfully photographing
all sorts of birds. Here are the basics: birds are usually out from sunrise to 11am,
a telephoto lens is required, and find a comfortable niche to patiently
hide in until the birds float by.
Glencoe
Taken in February 2012
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