Eurasian Wigeon – Anas penelope

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Titlow Beach Park
April 29, 2007

Whenever I see a group of wigeons, I always try to search out a Eurasian. No disappointments today. Here are two photo I wanted to include as it shows the duck against the green water of the north pond. The ducks would not come near the shore where I was standing, so I didn’t get any close-in photos.

Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 500mm, 1/80 sec, Manfrotto tripod

Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola

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Titlow Beach Park – Tacoma Washington
April 29, 2007

This is a series of two Bufflehead photos. The ducks didn’t get very close to my position, but the lighting was right. As it is, I had to do a lot of cropping to get what I got.

Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 500mm, 1/125 sec, Manfrotto tripod

Yellow-rumped Warbler – Dendroica coronata

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Titlow Beach Park
April 29, 2007

Here are a few more shots of this bird. I’ve never seen so many YR Warblers in one spot before.

Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 500mm, 1/320 sec, Manfrotto tripod

Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

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Titlow Beach Park
April 29, 2007

There were tons of baby Mallard chicks in the north pond today. I thought I’d photograph a couple of shots of Ma and Pa as well.

Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 270mm, 1/125 sec, Manfrotto tripod

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis

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Chamber’s Creek – Steilacoom, Washington
April 29, 2007

We saw a couple Canada Goose families today. One family had 4 chicks and the other 2. The family with two came over to shore close to where our car was parked. The family of 4 chicks stayed out in the middle of the water.

Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 500mm, 1/200 sec, Manfrotto tripod