LIFER....... A Northern Gannet
These seagoing birds don't come into shore. The ones we saw off the western tip of Dauphin Island this AM were way out to sea.
Just barely able to focus with the 600mm and Ed's D7100. I know this because he took 600+ shots and we got a few "decent" ones. I did my best with photoshop, but Nat Geo is never going to want our specimen picture.
We are sure we saw these birds 30 years ago off the shore of Maine, but we were not counting then, so glad to add this lifer to our current list. We saw about 10 of them, diving and "fishing" off the bay side of the very tip of Dauphin Island W. We rode our bikes 8 miles out and then walked about 2 miles on a remote beach to the site. I don't need to tell you it was 10 miles back!
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