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Hectic 2
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Doc Duck

Hectic 2 (Croicocephalus ridibundus)

Or maybe "Nag nag nag! I told you I have a headache." I'm not sure I was reading this behavior correctly, but as I saw it, a male was getting impatient with a female who wasn't (yet?) interested. He was calling, bowing, getting in her face, even stamping his feet with impatience. She wasn't having it. Yet. A few days later I saw a pair doing mutual bows and sharing food.
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Habitat
Riverbank
Location
Nidarø, Trondheim, Norway
Date taken
11 Apr 2021
Scientific name
Croicocephalus ridibundus
Equipment used
Nikon 7500, Tamron 150-600
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KC Foggin
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A great triple capture of these beauties Ann and a terrific image girl!
 
Digiscoper321
Work of art,Doc,great behaviour and quite funny with the third bird who couldn't care less and kept on preening. Like it lots.
 
Dabs
I love the narrative. Most likely you are correct, Ann.

Splendid shot!
 
delia todd
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LOL I'm not surprised she wasn't interested, being knee-deep in snow!!!

A great picture this Ann - thanks for the smile lass.
 

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Category
Britain & Europe
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Doc Duck
Date added
View count
80
Comment count
10

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7500
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
340.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1500
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
aaDSC_4561 (2).JPG
File size
959 KB
Date taken
Sun, 11 April 2021 10:53 AM
Dimensions
4206px x 2805px

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