Baby Loon Chick, Wings Up
This baby Common Loon (Gavia immer) lifts both wings and puffs its chest, a downy chick still learning to swim. I photographed the moment on a New Hampshire lake during a quiet morning paddle. This original photograph is available in a variety of formats, from wall art to gifts.
Rich blue water ripples around it, catching soft morning light. The chick's brown-grey down stands out bright against the dark water, its small wings spread wide in a moment of pure, unguarded energy.
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Baby Loon Chick Fine Art Photography Print
Wings up, chest puffed, an original photograph of a baby Common Loon mid-victory pose, made for loon lovers, lake house owners, and anyone furnishing a nursery with real wildlife charm.
I photographed this young Common Loon while kayaking, watching from low on the water as it lifted its fuzzy little wings in the blue ripples like it had just discovered it came with built-in accessories. Part stretch, part balance test, part tiny feathered victory pose. If a baby loon throws its wings up like this, you take the picture and say thank you.
Each fine art print is made to order in my Henniker studio on your choice of archival paper or dye-sublimated high-gloss aluminum, with sizes from 4x6 up to 24x30. Metal prints arrive ready to hang with Command strips. Paper prints arrive ready for framing in any standard frame.
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Common Loon Chick Photography Note Card
This loon chick was photographed mid-wing-stretch on a New Hampshire lake, and somehow managed to look both ridiculous and magnificent at the same time. If you are looking for a wildlife note card that actually makes someone smile when they open the envelope, this is the one.
The Common Loon chick (Gavia immer) arrives with more personality than it has any right to. I photographed this one from my kayak on a New Hampshire lake as it lifted its little wings like it was testing out the equipment for the first time. Part stretch, part practice, part look what I can do.
Still fluffy, still learning, but already showing the first signs of becoming one of New England's most iconic lake birds. This baby loon wildlife note card is printed on premium Red River linen cardstock with a textured finish, blank inside for a handwritten note, and comes with a matching envelope.
- 5x7 size, ready to mail, gift, or frame
- White envelope and protective cellophane sleeve included
- Works as an encouragement card, birthday card, new baby note, or just-because card
- A great gift for birders, loon lovers, lake house owners, and New Hampshire nature fans
- Pairs naturally with the Common Loon Family note card for a lake-themed set
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Common Loon Chick Desk Mat
With tiny wings stretched wide, this fluffy Common Loon chick brings pure lake house joy to your desk.
I photographed this Common Loon chick, Gavia immer, on a New Hampshire lake with its tiny wings stretched wide, practicing the movements it will need as it grows, deep blue water and warm evening light behind it.
This desk mat brings that lake house charm to a cabin office, camp desk, or creative studio in rich blue and warm brown tones. Printed in my Henniker, New Hampshire studio with fade resistant color, it turns a real New Hampshire lake moment into a piece of everyday desk decor.
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Baby Common Loon Mouse Pad
This baby loon has more confidence in its tiny flapping wings than most people have in an entire performance review, and now that same energy lives on your mouse pad.
This Common Loon (Gavia immer) chick is still covered in soft down, and I watched it stretch its tiny wings wide on a New Hampshire lake, practicing motions it will need long before it can actually fly. It looked far more confident than something this fuzzy has any business being.
That same deep blue water and warm evening light hold up at 9.25 by 7.75 inches of smooth polyester with a quarter inch rubber base, sized for a laptop desk or a small office corner. This moment happened on an actual New Hampshire lake, not a stock wildlife photo.