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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Eurasian Wigeon (Anas
penelope)
Place: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Date: February 2004
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
tripod
Film: Fuji Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 60% of frame
Commentary: Eurasian Wigeons are rare to uncommon in North
America, but have been found somewhere in AZ every year since we
moved here in 1994. This bird is wintering with a flock of American
Wigeons at a small cemetery pond. There was some discussion about the
possibility of it being a hybrid with American Wigeon due to a small
area behind the eye that shows some green, but the general consensus
is that this is within the normal plumage variation of this
species.
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