Northern Pintails

Well, the vast majority are northern pintails. Can you spot the one odd bird? Anyway, most people prefer frame filling images of birds, but I enjoy just as much, images such as this when it comes to flocking birds. Images like this really show the nature of the species; how they fly and exist with their fellow flock members.

Taken in Central Valley California

Background is a distant mountain.

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Canon 1DM4
500mm f/4 + 1.4x TC
1/2000s
f/8
Manual exp.
Hand held

Baited in with approximately 270,000 acres of wetlands preserved by agencies and groups such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited