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Far from Home

            A Red-Billed, Black-Bellied Whistling Duck enjoys some R&R far from home in the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA.

I was walking through the refuge this morning when I saw several birders talking excitedly about seeing this duck. One of the NWR staff were kind enough to show me a good vantage point and even lent me his binoculars to take a look. I got this shot a little later when the duck had moved to a more photographically accessible location.

Apparenly this species is native to Texas and Florida, but are very rarely seen in New England. This little guy has been here for several days now, which is even more unusual.

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Taken in: United States / Massachusetts / Concord (show map)

Taken on: July 31, 2012

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Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 300mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5
Lens:	OLYMPUS 70mm-300mm Lens
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Contrast:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1 (Macintosh)
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