Threatening
Drohend

Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard
Stockente

Wildpark Hundshaupten, Franconia, Germany, Europe
03/2006

A male mallard, which seems not to have the typical brilliant greenish head. Their play, starting and landing attempts could fill rolls of film - luckily I am working digital in the meantime. A motif being so standard like, that it is often ignored.

EOS20D, EF 100-400/4.5-5.6 L IS USM @330mm, ISO100, 1/500 F7.1; RAW