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Arctic Tern harassing sitting Female Wood Duck

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by superrad1943@gmail.com from Ottawa CA on 17 Oct 2024
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The Wood Duck had already nested on this small grassy island in a pond in the Tundra near Cambridge Bay. The Wood Duck refused to be bullied and eventually the Arctic Tern accepted the situation and nested on the same island apparently content at that point to share.

  • Camera: COOLPIX P1000
  • Focal: 180 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.003125 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 5.6
tagged: animal bird flying land nature outdoors beak grass plant water waterfowl vegetation egret heron ecoregion vertebrate lake

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