A drake Northern Pintail duck flying over a bluebill decoy. We put out a couple dozen bluebill decoys in hopes of getting some action photos of bluebill ducks (scaup), as well as other diving ducks such as canvasbacks and redheads during the spring migration through the St. Clair Flats. The northerly wind was about 20 knots steady, gusting to 30 knots. This single pintail flew downwind from behind us, banked and pitched in to the decoys. It happened too quickly to get the focus locked on him before he landed. This shot was taken right after he took off into the wind and drops of water can be seen under his feet.This is quite a nice image and the decoy adds some interest. It would have been nice to have some morning sunlight highlighting the plumage, though. The forecast called for a sunny morning but it turned out mostly cloudy. Shocking; the forecasting is always so reliable.
100-400 lens at 400mm, 1/1250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640.
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