Wow, thanks for sharing that anecdote. Yes, we aren't so far removed from those times. Nor immune from future instances.

That's great you got to see some loons. The fog is one of my favorite conditions for them. Please suggest away!

Thank you! I appreciate you watching and your support!

Thanks for checking it out and leaving such kind feedback! Appreciate it!

Thanks Liam! And glad you shared that anecdote, even still sometimes I come across some situation in wildlife photography and get excited but then have to check that and think things through from the animals perspective. I will check out your new wildlife video, glad you had time to make one amid the home remodel. With 3 kids myself, the most home improvement I can muster right now is clearing a path on the floor so no one trips!

⁠​⁠@@johnwelchphotographyI could only imagine trying to do it all with kids! That’ll come soon enough but for now the home reno is already cutting down my wildlife time! All good problems to have. I’m headed up to Acadia (Schoodic side) for a few days during the 4th, seeing your vlog has got me thinking of targeting loons at Jones Pond. Good luck, talk soon!

Thank you for watching and leaving that kind comment!

Thanks Chris, I do appreciate that complement. After more than 20 years of exploring the wild in different capacities, I still am enthralled and love how way leads upon way out here. Glad that came across in the video.

Wow, empty nester now? That is hard for me to contemplate.

Thanks Bill! Yes, as you know, it takes way more time than people would think. I am still learning as I go. I guess I try to think about story when I make my videos, even though I don't really know the story when I am out in the wild.

Thank you very much, appreciate the compliment!

Thank you Diane! I am happy to be out there making them.

Thanks Peanut! I appreciate the compliment!

Thank you Sue! I appreciate it and definitely hope things are better for the loons this year!

Oh, BTW, I read somewhere that LOONS DO RECOGNIZE US As long as you are near Multiple Times in the Season! AMAZING BIRDS👍

Thanks so much, I appreciate the support! Hope you have had some good recent travels!

Thank you so much Sandip!

Thanks for watching, subscribing, and for your kind feedback! I appreciate the support! I am back out with the loons again this season and putting together more!

I am very sorry to hear that you have lost your mother too. I had to watch my mother suffer too, so I can relate. I will pray for you both.

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a kind, thoughtful comment. I have to remind myself of the hard-earned lessons at the end from time to time still!

Thank you sincerely for the condolences. Yes, I have a great reverence for life and wish to share that.

Oh wow, that cool that they make it that far north. Glad you shared that!

Thanks I try to share that! Nature has given me a great space to reflect on life.

Thanks Richard! Appreciate you checking it out and the kind feedback! The fencing shots were what I was initially looking for but I loved observing all facets of their lives at the colony.

Thanks Fred! Yes, the parental instinct across species is interesting and thanks for watching until the end. I try to reflect on my experiences in nature and tie them to the rest of life, which aren't as separate as we might think.

Thanks for checking it out! Yes, both common loons and pacific loons spend winters, and into early spring off the California coast I believe and then I know they breed in Oregon, Washington, and Canada. The ones you see that far south off the coast are probably in the more drab looking winter plumage right? Beautiful country out that way!

Thanks for checking it out and subscribing! Yes, the noise is impressive and you really need to be there in person to appreciate the size and scale of a huge flock taking off, circling, and landing.

Thanks for watching. That's awesome that you share the same love for the plovers!

Thank you so much for checking it out! I agree with you!

Definitely top of my list too!

Thank you Sue, that is very kind of you to think of me on this day! Much appreciated. Sorry I missed this until now. Yes we can always celebrate the gift of our mothers.

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank Lori for watching and leaving your kind comment.

Thanks for checking it out and sharing your experience with them. Assateague has been on my list of places to check out someday. Yes, hopefully the cute little plovers will keep increasing!

Definitely cool to see in person, tiny though! There are other member of the plover family that have similarly cute chicks across the coastal areas of the US.

more cuteness 6:11

even more cuteness(make chain) 6:30

yom 6:51

more cuteness at 7:11

7:23

Yes I am happy to see such flocks still exist!

I know they are among the cutest of the wildlife I get to photograph!

Thanks for watching! Yeah, I knew you guys had them over there but knew them by a different name. The calls are definitely one of things that makes them unique. We have lots of wilderness here still and there is nothing better than camping and hearing them at night! Thank you for the condolences as well. It has been a few years and I doing much better but still miss my mom.

Thanks for the kind words on the video and specific feedback. I appreciate you subscribing and I am working on more stories from nature. Hope you are well and that spring is arriving in the Netherlands as it slowly is here after I got a foot of snow a week ago.

Hi Sue, wow, thank you for sharing that. Sorry for your loss. Yes, it all does take time.

Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences out there Nancy! I took the direct employee boat each morning to hike to the colony before anyone else arrived both days I was there, but kind of regret not taking the regular route the circles around the island to get a perspective from the water or broader shots. Must have been a bit of a challenge from the rocking boat with that much focal length. Glad you got to experience this place and the gannets too. It really is amazing out there.

Thanks so much for checking it out! Long time photographer trying to get better at this video stuff.

Thanks so much for checking it out Tim. It is definitely worth checking out if you can. The in person experience is hard to convey in photos or video.

Thanks for watching.

Thanks Harris! I know what you mean, usually around us the best gannet sighting we can hope for is a random shore side flyby. So, I definitely was grateful to be able to experience the breeding colony up close for 2 days. It was nice that it was "close" enough to drive and van camp. I was happy that it was foggy all day both days I was there, to be able to shoot all day and then on the last day it broke apart for the sunset shots on the big sea stack arch.