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Ruddy Duck (1st year male).jpg
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Ruddy Duck (1st year male).jpg (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 1st year male.
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Habitat
On the border of the Edwards Plateau and Cross Timbers and Prairies vegetation areas, Pond 2 at 132 m (433 ft) elevation.
Location
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory which includes the sewage ponds of Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant, southeast of Austin, southeast Travis County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
November 2020
Scientific name
Oxyura jamaicensis
Equipment used
Canon
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KC Foggin
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This is one awesome image with the Duck showing only it's head. It is really quite submerged and a great moment to capture Stanley!
 
Kits
A fabulous capture of this submerged chap, Stanley!
 
peterow
Three brilliant colourful detailed and well lit captures Stanley. Great to see, well done.
 
Doc Duck
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Looking unperturbed by stormy seas. Great focusing job to catch him in all that motion (y) (y)
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
127
Comment count
14

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
Æ’/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250
ISO
400
Filename
Ruddy Duck (male) non-breeding, Hornsby Bend.jpg
File size
566.2 KB
Date taken
Thu, 03 December 2020 12:40 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 808px

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