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Cold duck, anyone? This Northern shoveler was taking a short break from its feeding and diving at New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month when it strolled in front of Birding Wire editor J.R. Absher's lens. Technical info: Canon 7D, w/EF 300 mm lens, ISO 500, @f-5.6 at 1/1600 sec.

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