Taken on consecutive days at Quivira NWR. This is the winter plumage.
Both taken with EOS 30D and EF 100-400 at 400mm.
1/1600 sec, f/8.0, ISO 400. The white and black spots on the water are feathers. It was very still that day, and the feathers were not being blown toward the shore.
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1/2500 sec, f/8.0, ISO 640.
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