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Wood Duck Drake

Wood Duck Drake

A male Wood Duck looks for food under the branches of an alder tree at Sequoia Park's duck pond in Eureka, California.

A male Wood Duck looks for food under the branches of an alder tree at Sequoia Park's duck pond in Eureka, California.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 800/1

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Jun, 2015

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