Harlequin Ducks: Marginal Way, Perkins’ Cove, Maine, USA, November 2026 — We took a walk along the cliff path yesterday just after noon to see if we could see any sea ducks in close. We saw lots of sea ducks, but, of course, not as close as we would have liked. Harlequins are always a very special duck to see, and there were several pods of them working the water between the rafts of Black Scoters and the rocks. These were taken with the Sony a7CR and the Sony FE 100-400 f5.6-f8 OSS zoom at 400mm with my birds and wildlife custom mode, and heavily cropped (to under 1mp to 2mp) and then processed in Topaz on the iPad to upscale and refine, and finished off in Photomator. Considering the distance to the ducks, I am happy with them. For now. I do hope to find some closer Harlequins before winter is over. 🙂