Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.
Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Harlequin Duck

(Histrionicus histrionicus)

Description:

Harlequin Ducks joined in the feeding frenzy with the scoters, loons, and grebes in the nearby harbor waters of Yaquina Bay, but appeared to prefer the pickings nearer the rock-lined jetty than the channel further away, where the rest of the mob fed.

Date Taken: 2022:04:03 10:54

Location:

South Yaquina Bay Jetty
Newport, Oregon
United States
8.92 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

File Name: HarlequinDuck_8500628-SouthYaquinaBayJetty

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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