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Lakescape - 311
aloktewari

Lakescape - 311 (Aythya nyroca, Anas strepera)

Ferruginous Duck
... aka White-eyed Pochard

... never found it easy
to photograph this
winter visitor well
in locales that
we go to ...

These two males
came a bit closer
on that winter morning
with a group of
Gadwalls that were
foraging actively ...
... but very soon
all of them swam-away
to the far side
of the wetland ...

_______________________

Ferruginous Duck ( Male )
___ Aythya nyroca
with
Gadwall ( Male )
___ Anas strepera

Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur ; Rajasthan
India
24.12.2013
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Habitat
Mixed Wetland and Forest
Location
Keoladeo National Park ; Bharatpur ; Rajasthan : India
Date taken
24.12.2013
Scientific name
Aythya nyroca, Anas strepera

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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