15 seconds with Harlequin ducks.
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| "Hey! Someone coming!" |
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| "She's got a camera!" |
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| "¡Vámonos! |
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| Making tracks. |
Two male Harlequins in breeding garb; the females are a mousy brown, except for white patches on the face, and non-breeding males are blotchy, slate blue, brown, with white head spots, no chestnut colour.
I like their scientific name: Histrionicus histrionicus, although it really only applies to the males. Showoffs!
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Quince segundos con los patos Arlequín.
Los dos son machos, y en su plumaje de la temporada de reproducción, el invierno. Las hembras son de un café pardo, aparte de unas manchas blancas en la cara. Y los machos, fuera de temporada, llevan sus colores azul/gris y café, sin definición en el cuerpo, con las manchas blancas de la cabeza. Han perdido el color castaño por completo.
Me gusta su nombre científico: Histrionicus histrionicus, aunque parece que solamente se aplica al macho en temporada.
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