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A Meal for a Duckling

A Meal for a Duckling

A Wood Duck duckling lunges on an insect on the surface of Sequoia Park's duck pond in Eureka, California.

A Wood Duck duckling lunges on an insect on the surface of 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 1/1000 Focal Length 800/1

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Jul, 2015

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