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Wood Duck
HelenB

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Took a walk on Christmas Day afternoon and found this stunning male Wood Duck in the middle of a pond on a neighbor's ranch. The lighting was perfect! We often see a pair of Wood Ducks fly over our property, heading in the direction of this ranch, but there was no female with him this time.
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Habitat
Post oak savanna
Location
South Central Texas
Date taken
25 Dec 2010
Scientific name
Aix sponsa
Equipment used
Nikon Coolpix P900
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Kits
How gorgeous is this! A brilliant capture, Helen.
 
delia todd
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They are very showy ducks these, aren't they Helen.

That's an excellent picture you've taken of this guy lass. Very well done my friend.

BTW it appears the Gallery Search only picks up the scientific name from the Tags, so it needs to be entered there as well as in the Scientific Name field (which provides the link to The Opus article). All a bit confusting at first LOL.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
HelenB
Date added
View count
571
Comment count
10

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
321.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Wood Duck_8184.JPG
File size
374 KB
Date taken
Fri, 25 December 2020 2:52 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 768px

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