Razor-billed Auk, Image B
Razor-billed Auk – Les Iles au Perroquets; Mingan Archipelago, Quebec: These images are just two of the many Razorbills I photographed at Les Iles au Perrosquets on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Just before landing, Razorbills, like all alcids, move their legs from a streamline position under their body (Image B), and bring them forward as they prepare to land on the islands cliff face (Image A). Most of the Razorbills photographs I shot were of birds with legs and feet in a streamline position. I was fortunate to get a shot just as the Razorbill was beginning its upward swing and bring its legs forward. Luckily, I snapped this image as the Razorbill moved into an angle that placed a highlight in the eye as well.
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