Water Birds and Other Critters

Here's another view of the long-tailed duck we saw yesterday. Yes, I realize that this bird does not have a long tail. I believe this is a juvenal or female, hence the shorter tail.

'Long About Midnight

Our efforts in attracting birds paid off handsomely long about midnight on this day of our photographing adventure. We set up in a field alongside the road near a couple of logs for bird perches. You need to remember that this happened in early June and the days were very long here at 64.5 degrees north. The sun barely set...it dips below the horizon (well, at the below the hills to the north of us) a little bu 1:30-1:45 am and is back up again by 3:00 or 3:30 am. By 11:00 pm the sun is very low and is mostly just sliding along near the horizon and the low angle light is a special time to photograph.