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Mallard Closeup in Sunrise

Mallard Closeup in Sunrise

Have you ever longed to observe a wild duck up close? (And no, I don’t mean as duck confit!) Well, this female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) strolled (okay, wa...
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Have you ever longed to observe a wild duck up close? (And no, I don’t mean as duck confit!) Well, this female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) strolled (okay, waddled) up to me while I was sitting on the bank of a pond photographing a Great Blue Heron hunting on the opposite bank. She gwhaakk, gwhaakk, gwhakked at me, then promptly set about her morning ablution and post-preen nap, not more than two feet from me.

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—A. deLeeuw

Arizona, U.S. | 1-800 | F9 | ISO 320 | 300mm
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