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Goldeneye


Goldeneye
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Copyright: Lise Villeneuve (soda) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 71 N: 149] (2573)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-11
Categories: Nature
Camera: canon EOS30D, Canon 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/1600 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Ducks of the world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-29 8:18
Viewed: 258
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Common Goldeneye.

The Common Goldeneye is a cold-hardy, medium-sized diving duck that breeds worldwide in northern boreal forests. In flight its wings make a distinctive whistling sound, giving rise to its colloquial name, “whistler.” This species readily nests in boxes, facilitating studies of its reproductive biology and management. It is an aggressive and territorial duck and often dominates interactions with competitor species for food and nest sites.

Its spectacular courtship displays probably evolved from aggressive postures; they have been intensively studied.

In North America this species typically breeds across forested regions of Canada and winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. During the breeding season, it is primarily insectivorous and prefers lakes (often fishless) with abundant aquatic invertebrates. Fish, crustaceans, and mollusks become a more important part of the diet in winter. Females breed in their second year and make one annual nesting attempt. They usually return year after year to the same nest site; they also commonly lay their eggs in the nests of conspecifics or other cavity-nesting ducks.

http://bna.birds.cornell.edu
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Hi Lise,
You captured a great moment of nature. Very good timing indeed. Perfect sharpness and details on the subject, I like the exposition of flashing water very much. It makes this moment a 'real action shot'. Nice job! TFS.
Regards,
Kristof

Hi Lise, excellent, so well detailed with superb clarity to the colours, the overall composition is just perfect... a fine upload and an excellent bit of camera work...regards h

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  • Doudou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 289 W: 0 N: 538] (3915)
  • [2008-06-29 11:47]

Bonjour Lise,
Excellent tire pour ce joli canard aux yeux d'or!
Je connaissais la poule aux oeufs d'or, maintenant je connais le canard!
C'est bien vu Lise, de plus tu l'as pris en pleine action, et les gouttes d'eau qui l'entoourent lui donnent encore plus de réalisme!
Merci de ce joli partage!
Amicalement Odile

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  • Lotus Gold Star Critiquer [C: 76 W: 0 N: 7] (254)
  • [2008-06-29 11:48]

Bonjour Lise,
Cute et rafraichissant ! Belle lumière et détails,
Bravo !
Hélène

Hi Lise,
Great action shot, excellent sharpness and colours with good motion blur on the wings, nice work.
Well done
Regards Andy

hi, great shot and excellent composition with the tight crop . the details and sharpness look amazing as does the motion blur, amazing also that there is some motion blur even at 1600


rgds
Allen

Hello Lisa,

i like the pOV alot well composed and great colors BG POV DOF excllent capture with a great story being told.

TFS kyle
PT

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  • bigil Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 231 W: 8 N: 53] (1614)
  • [2008-07-15 18:42]

Bravo Lise, cette image est exceptionnelle. Très belle précision. j'aime beaucoup Gilles

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