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Location

Marquenterre Reserve, Baie de Somme
France

Metadata

Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 mm f/2.8G   at 400 mm
Exposure 1/400 s, f/6.7, ISO 200 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Singschwan Dutch  Wilde Zwaan
Italian  Cigno selvatico Spanish  Cisne Cantor

Comments

One of the heaviest flying birds. Note long pointed bill, with black tip and yellow wedge extending under nostril.




 
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    12/05/2007

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