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Uploaded: 09/17/13 4:53 PM GMT
White Headed Duck
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Perhaps you'd thought they should have named it the Blue Billed Duck? anyway this is another new bird to my gallery. I've seen them many times before at WWT Slimbridge but was unable to capture one as their shy of people, & never come close, however with the Cybershots large zoom mission accomplished.

A special hi to all my old friends here, especially Sandi / Tigger who enjoys a good chinwag on Facebook. (o:

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::braces
09/17/13 5:01 PM GMT
Well Phil, the wait has been worth it this is an excellent capture of this wonderful and intriguing duck.
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"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." W.C. Fields. So I bet you'll go over to see My Gallery.
.icedancer
09/17/13 6:00 PM GMT
I'm with Steve, it sure was very well worth the wait. Amazing capture and love the ripples around him, plus such a colourful beak, excellent detail and composition
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♥ Skates ♥
::LakeMichigan
09/17/13 6:34 PM GMT
Great camera work Phil, and yes well worth the wait . Beautiful colors on this handsome guy.
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WILD & FREE ... PROTECT THE AMERICAN MUSTANG !!
.0930_23
09/17/13 7:14 PM GMT
It looks like a duck with a duck mask, Phlossie.
A wowzer of a shot.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::Marzena
09/17/13 8:32 PM GMT
Duck agent in disguise ...?
I guess so by the mask he is wearing.
Welcome to SOS society. Our Boris will make a reception especially warm... LOL
SAM & SAAB
Are you, Phil, also considering joining our SOS... perhaps? Just in case you better think of some nick starting with letter "S". Lots of nicks are already taken though ... LOL
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
::tigger3
09/17/13 9:28 PM GMT
What a beautiful but unusual looking ducky my friend, love that blue bill. Hooray on being patient and stubborn to get such a well focused shot of this neat looking water fowl. Thanks for the mention. :) Tigs♥ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
.GIGIBL
09/17/13 9:36 PM GMT
GREAT CLOSEUP PHIL WELL DONE
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::trixxie17
09/17/13 10:04 PM GMT
Very unusual Phil - never seen one before - but now thanks to your great shot I've seen one close-up.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::Dunstickin
09/18/13 6:47 AM GMT
The cybershot did good Phil!...

I have to say, I ain't seen one of these around!
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"Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured"
::CDHale
09/18/13 12:54 AM GMT
Wow, what a unusual duck! Nice shot.
-Christie
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.mesmerized
09/18/13 3:36 PM GMT
Hi Phil, nice to see a posting from you and what an unusual fellow you've brought along...never seen one like this before...nice shot and hope to see more of you around here.
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Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

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