Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch


Subject: Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Place: Mesa, AZ, USA
Date: March 1996
Equipment: Nikon 8008, Nikkor EDIF 400/5.6, TC14 (560/8), tripod
Film: Fuji Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority center-weighted meter
Scan: Minolta Dimage; 80% of frame

Commentary: Many Ring-necked Ducks winter in AZ, and are sometimes easy to approach and photograph at small community parks once they have become used to park visitors. This is a male.

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