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Northern Pintail Pair

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by gorddougon from Sebringville CA on 06 Apr 2024
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A pair of Northern Pintails cruises a local Marsh looking for their next place to feed. This image shows green in the drake's head plumage which is an irredescent aspect of the sidelighting - much like a hummingbird's throat. Sometimes this patch appears purple but this morning it came out green.

  • Camera: NIKON Z 9
  • Focal: 560 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.00125 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8
tagged: northern pintail ontario marsh wetland habitat spring drake hen male female animal bird teal duck mallard waterfowl anseriformes water beak natural_landscape lake ducks,_geese_and_swans watercourse

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