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11-JAN-2013 LynnH

January 11

Sugar Land, TX

I'm king of the Hill!
This Muscovy duck figured out that it is safe on the roof of our 50 meter pool building.
These huge feral ducks hang out around the office, always looking for a handout. But this winter,
the coyotes have been coming across the levee at night to eat the ducks.
Muscovys aren't strong flyers, and they are very awkward on land... so this behavior is a little unusual
but smart.

Sony DSLR-A700
1/400s f/5.6 at 75.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Irene Wehrli13-Jan-2013 16:42
Clever one - great capture!
Irene
Yvonne13-Jan-2013 03:53
Glad he's safe, I wonder if he's brave enough to fly down?
Karen Stuebing12-Jan-2013 23:45
Natural selection in action. These are the smart ducks. Great composition that shows the height of the building and the size of the duck. V.
Jackdad12-Jan-2013 19:47
Lucky coyotes can't fly!
carol j. phipps12-Jan-2013 19:09
"To fly or not to fly/to leap or not to leap. I'll play it safe!!!!" Nice capture.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography12-Jan-2013 18:07
Cool shot, Vote :)
mart senior12-Jan-2013 17:25
well captured, good job u had your camera with u...v
Walter Otto Koenig12-Jan-2013 15:56
This is unusual. Cool shot Lynn.
Stephanie12-Jan-2013 14:23
Cute duck ~ nasty coyotes...
Guest 12-Jan-2013 12:44
Beautiful presentation! V.