ML495511451
Mallard (Domestic type) Anas platyrhynchos (Domestic type)
Contributor
Marcus Buck Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dundas--Desjardins Canal
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Female - 1
Media notes
This female has a distinctly short bill, about 2/3 of the length of a normal mallard. Even the head appears slightly shorter.
Observation details
The domestic mallard was accompanying 5 mallards. A fellow birder indicated that it is a "call duck" and provided a weblink: https://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/ducks/call-duck/
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 560 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/9.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 4989 pixels x 3326 pixels
- Original file size
- 8.47 MB