[Leica] IMG: Ducks and more

[Douglas Herr]

I visited one of the Central Valley's many wildlife refuges and found a few ducks.

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/noshov15th.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/gadwal20.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/euwige05.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/amwige10.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/amwige18.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/nopint16.html

along with a vagrant Vermilion Flycatcher.  This bird ordinarily does not venture this far north but one has been wintering at a small-town cemetery every year for the last four winters.

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tyrannidae/pyrocephalus/veflyc03.html

Close to home a blustery day resulted in a grand speed of near zero for this Northern Harrier

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/circus/noharr18.html

all photos: Sony a7rIII, FE 600/4 GM
all comments welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com