Category: Birds

  • Conningham Bay

    Conningham Bay

      Conningham Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Red-throated loon’s family

    Red-throated loon’s family

    Already a few days ago, I had shown this great brid, the red-throated loon in flight, because it is a marvelously gorgeous bird. But after a few days, we could also find a mother with two chicks in a small pool near Fort Ross. This gives us the possibility to admire it on the surface of water. Red-throated diver or red-throated…

  • Birds of Prince Leopold Island 3/3

    Birds of Prince Leopold Island 3/3

    An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich).   Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle).   Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Birds of Prince Leopold Island 2/3

    Birds of Prince Leopold Island 2/3

    An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle). Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada.…

  • Neighbours bickering on Prince Leopold Island cliffs

    Neighbours bickering on Prince Leopold Island cliffs

    When tens of thousands of birds nest on the same cliff face, conflicts cannot be fully avoided. But when your neighbour needs to literally trample your own bed to reach his room, shouting is soon not enough. It seems kittiwakes are permanently bickering. This could be easily understood from the fact there is limited space to…

  • Birds of Prince Leopold Island 1/3

    Birds of Prince Leopold Island 1/3

    An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle). Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada.…

  • Arctic tern

    Arctic tern

    Not easy to catch, a foggy day, shots that are more informative than eye-catching… Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea, Sterne arctique). Conningham Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Red-throated loon

    Red-throated loon

    Look at that profile! Red-throated diver or red-throated loon (Gavia stellata, Plongeon catmarin, aussi appelé Plongeon à gorge rouge, Plongeon à gorge rousse, et au Québec Huart à gorge rousse). Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Pairs of Glaucous Gulls

    Pairs of Glaucous Gulls

    Why did I shoot them two-by-two? What kind of inspiration is this? Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.