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Gadwall
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Gadwall Anas strepera
The Fred Astaire of ducks, because it's SO elegant.

The vermiculation (patterning of the feathers) really tests the sharpness of the lens, so it's hard for me to get great shots of this bird.
Focal length: 700 mm fStop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/250
Princeton, CA - Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Dec 8, 2006