Internet Bird Collection (IBC) Explore collection
ML724063 IBC 965388
Contributor
Nicole Bouglouan Media from this contributor
Date
Location
London Wetland Centre (51.5316, -0.1562)
London, England, United Kingdom
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Captive
- Captive
Media notes
Two birds performing mutual preening. White-faced Ducks perform mutual preening on head and neck. The goal of this behaviour is maybe for cleaning the mate’s plumage, in order to remove possible parasites, but this activity main effect is to strengthen the pair bonds between the two mates. Elevation: 33 m. Date added to IBC: June 21, 2016.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D2X
- ISO
- 500
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 600 pixels x 800 pixels
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 11 Feb 2020 - Matthew D. Medler
- Digitized
- 11 Feb 2020 - Matthew D. Medler