Loons and ducks

Water birds are stacked up in the Twin Cities, waiting for the lakes up north to thaw. This is a short-lived opportunity to get close right here in town. Today I was out at a local park where there were many loons and different types of ducks. I'll probably head back out there in a little bit to see what kind of light there is, but here's what I got this afternoon.

Loon swimming along the edge of the ice:

ringneck on the last one

good shots

Excellent captures... Partial to the Loons though as they are protected here in NH...

XTlent wrote in post #5328382
ringneck on the last one

good shots

Thanks for the comment and ID!

Stormin_24 wrote in post #5328441
Excellent captures... Partial to the Loons though as they are protected here in NH...

Thanks, they are our state bird here in MN.

Excellent shots with good lighting and sharp. Thanks for sharing.