Sunday, March 28, 2010

Begone!






MALLARDS, LOVELACE PARK, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, MARCH 26, 2010

Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-DA 55-300 at 120mm
Both photos 1/500 sec. f9.5
ISO 400

It's breeding season on the local ponds, and the male mallards are bursting with testosterone, or whatever it is that causes their heads to blush in vivid iridescence and impels them to harass fellow males when they're not trying to nail the girls. One suddenly seemed to have an Evinrude attached to his stern as he warned off another.

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