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<\/p>\nA fairly short post today, of a species I seldom photograph.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Yesterday morning I was surprised to find a female Canvasback consorting with all the Pied-billed Grebes at the 4-way pond at Farmington Bay WMA. You can see the wake of one of the grebes at the top of the frame. She frustrated me because she spent all of her time sleeping with her head and bill laid over her back and her eyes usually closed.\u00a0Finally, I decided to give up and leave the area but I wondered if she’d wake up when I started my pickup so I was prepared for any activity when I did.<\/p>\n At the sound of my starter motor she awakened and raised her body to shake in the water. This photo was taken just as she was settling back down in the water, after which she immediately went back to sleep. It’s far from a great photo (it could be a tad sharper – my engine was running when I took the photo) but for me it’s a significant one because I seldom see Canvasbacks, much less get close enough to one for reasonably good photos.<\/p>\n I do hope she got her beauty sleep after I left.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A species I seldom photograph.<\/p>\n