This is a full frame shot of an oncoming mallard. I think he thought I had food.

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos

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Good Stewards of Nature

Patricia Ware Bird Photography

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Full Frame - Best enlarged

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Mallard
Anas platytyrhynchos

Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature

Patricia Ware Bird Photography

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Mallard
Anas platytyrhynchos

Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature

Patricia Ware Bird Photography

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I just liked her.

Mallard (female)
Anas platyrhynchos

Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature

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Mallard's always seem like such happy birds to me.

Mallard - female
Anas platyrhynchos

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Good Stewards of Nature

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