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Mallards Pushing Through Ice
8 of 26 from December 2008 14 of 15 from Vancouver in Snow |
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| Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) |
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I have never seen a duck break up ice to swim. Given the snow on the ducks back, I'm thinking these birds regret not flying further south.
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| Age: | Mature |
| Camera: | Nikon D2x |
| Date: | Sunday, December 21st, 2008 at 3:16 PM |
| Exposure: | 1/50 sec at f5.0 |
| Gender: | Male, Female |
| ISO: | 200 asa |
| Lens: | 17-55mm f/2.8G ID ED DX AF-S Zoom-Nikkor at 55mm (equivalent field of view of a 82.5mm lens on a 35mm camera) With cropping (you see 43% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 125mm lens on a 35mm camera |
| PhotoOfTheDay: | Friday, January 2nd, 2009 |
| Photographer: | John Harvey |
| Plumage: | Breeding |
| Region: | North America, Canada, British Columbia |
| Scientific Name: | species related to Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) |
| Tag: | bird, ice |
| Larger image: | 2000 x 1333 |
| Raw image: | 2808 x 1872 |
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