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19-Feb-2025 Donald E. Casavecchia

Common Merganser

Lake Frederick, Virginia

On this very cold - 16° F morning - drove down to the end of Grebe Drive, parked, and hiked out on a very frozen primitive trail to the shoreline of Grebe Point.
The Common Merganser flew in and landed just off the shoreline as I was hiking back to my truck. It didn't see me as I was behind a thick stand of cedars.
See 'next' for a more front-on shot.

Nikon Z 6II ,NiKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Z TC-2.0x
1/320s f/5.6 at 600mm iso2500
RAW DX Image Cropped L10"x7" full exif


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Carl Carbone20-Feb-2025 14:38
They are such beautiful ducks. Very nice capture of this female.
Don19-Feb-2025 22:40
What a fascinating waterbird. I can't tell if it is a duck, or ...
Claude Gagnon19-Feb-2025 20:44
Nice capture Don :))
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