Watching a male and female Mallard in the sunset

Mallards are usually not the birds that I often take pictures of since they are very common here in Austria and you can find them nearly at avery lake, creek or river. But sometimes when I wait for other more seldom birds and when the light situation is great I give it a try and take some pictures of these birds. Since they are often very used to humans and son some spots they are even fed, birds like these can get very close without fleeing. So getting some great closeup pictures is not so difficult like from other species. But I don't feed birds like these since they should find their own food in the nature, feeding them with bread is not really good. Bread is something very unhealthy for them and birds can even die from eating too much bread, since the breads volume is expanding in their stomach and this can lead to death.

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Female Mallard in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Female Mallard in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Female Mallard in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Female Mallard in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Female Mallard in the shallow water. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Male and female mallard in the shwallow water. Picture. Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Swimming pair of mallards. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Female mallard. Picture: Florian Glechner

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Male Mallard. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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The males have such a beautiful green head. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100

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Very nice green head of the male mallard. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera usedNikon Z6II
Lens usedSigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter usednone
Exposure Time1/2000 Seconds
Aperture usedF6.3
Focal Length600 mm
Time10:41 am
ISO100
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I didn't know that about breads. My first impulse is to give birds bread or grains. So it's good that I learnt this today. Mallards, though common there, are really beautiful. Majestic too.🌺