Picture of the Day - 14 January 2010

The bird in this picture is actually sitting on a clutch of eggs. Notice how effectively they're camouflaged among the gravel.

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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

John Boyd Thatcher State Park, New York

23 June 2009

1/500 sec @ f/9; Canon EOS Xsi; zoom lens at 135mm

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