The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck. They are divers finding most of their food from crustaceans, aquatic insects and molluscs. The adult males have a dark head with a greenish gloss and a circular white patch below the eye, a dark back and a white neck and belly while the adult females have a brown head and a mostly grey body. Definitely not as showy as us males. Their legs and feet are orange-yellow. I enjoy sitting by the waters edge watching as they dive, playing the waiting game with myself to see where they resurface.
I started a 4-day trip yesterday so when you read this I should be sitting on the patio at my hotel in Santa Barbara eating breakfast. Sometimes there are perks with my work. 🙂
4 Comments
Mark
I have played that game a few times myself Monte. Often I am quite surprised how far they surface from the place they go down. This guy is creating quite a wake!
Monte Stevens
He was creating distance from me and therefore the wake. Yes, it is amazing to see how far away the do surface. Almost wonder if there is more than one.
Eric Easley
What caught my attention about this photo is something somewhat spiritual–we see the duck, and the water, and the wake and we know that the duck is moving through the water, but mechanism of the movement is beneath the surface ad must be inferred. Hpefully that makes sense. Anyway, the photo helped me connect a little bit today, so thanks, Monte!
Monte Stevens
Glad you liked it and that it helped in some way. I think most serious photographers want to know when one of their images moves someone.