A duck

Posted by EGrav on Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:25 pm

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Taken at St Mark's NWR with Canon 1D, 500 IS
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Earl Gravois

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by Bill Whala on Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:47 pm

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Looks like a young drake American Wigeon. It looks like some of the green on his head is just starting to come in.

A very nice flight shot.

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by bpadams21 on Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:00 pm

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I agree that it's a wigeon. He's probably from the same flock I've been trying to photograph for the past two weeks down near the lighthouse. Looks like your luck has been better than mine! Nice shot!

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:01 pm

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Nice flight shot Earl. I might clone out the few spots on the left dark area.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:18 pm

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Nice flight work!

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by Rob Palmer on Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:42 pm

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Very nice flight shot, exposed and composed well.

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by AForns on Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:40 pm

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Very nice shot, really like the background. I would crop it a bit. Very good exposure easy to blow out the highlights on the Wigeons.

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by LHays on Thu Feb 12, 2004 6:00 am

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Nice flight shot.....not easy to do.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:22 pm

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Nice shot of a female American Wigeon in flight...

Here is a comparison of a male and female - this bird's plumage matches that of a female:
http://www.ejphoto.com/images_BC/BC_Ame ... geon01.jpg

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