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Location

Meuse River, Visé
Belgium

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 28 mm
Exposure 1/320 s, f/2.8, ISO 80 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Streifengans Dutch  Indische Gans
Italian  Oca indiana Spanish  Ansar Indio

Comments

Bar-headed Geese cross the Himalaya at an altitude of 23 000 ft when migrating between China and India. They are the world's highest altitude migrants. This escaped feral couple was seen along the Meuse River in Belgium.




 

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    15/01/2012

Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Oie à tête barrée

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