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03-JUL-2005 © 2005 Joanne Santillo

Mandarin Duck (Female)

Look For: Males have triangular orange feathers over back; females are mottled light brown with eye over a white line
Nesting Area: Manchuria, Northeastern China, and Japan
Wintering Area: Sedentary in Japan, South of Yangtze in China
Nest Site: Nests on the ground in the vegetation or in old tree nests of other species
Initial Nest: During spring-summer of first year
When: April and May in nesting area and Chenoa
Clutch Size: 9 to 12 eggs
Incubation: Approximately 28 to 30 days

Olympus E-20N
1/200s f/3.2 at 36.0mm iso80 with Flash full exif

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Steven Jusczyk09-Jul-2005 05:29
Beautiful capture. Great detail.
Jeffery Stahlman09-Jul-2005 02:05
very nice
Coleen Perilloux Landry09-Jul-2005 01:27
What a beauty. Very sharp and clear and a great look in the eye. Gets my vote, too.
Jim Worlding09-Jul-2005 00:56
Great Shot, Great Duck, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its of to vote I go. and work.