This is my contribution to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Silver or Gold prompt.
I had a few ideas for the prompt but wasn’t really happy with any of them. In the end I decided to go with the least obvious idea.
This is a summer plumage Horned Grebe on a pool near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada. I thought the birds ‘horn’ and some of the reflections surrounding it were golden. The reflections are a mix of sky, straw bales and a corral fence created by getting down as close to eye level with the bird as possible.
4 replies on “Gold Horns”
I haven’t seen a bird like this before. Don’t think we have any here in NS.
You will get some in winter when they’re a much drabber colour, mostly black and white. They breed mostly a western and central Canada. It’s quite a widespread species being found across a lot of Eurasia when it’s known as the Slavonian Grebe.
I’m so happy you chose this photo, it’s beautiful 😀
Thanks Cee. I wanted to go with something less obvious.