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Tuesday 28 May 2013

Mandarin Duck (male) (Aix galericulata)

One more day and I'm off on holidays, with my bro, Pete. I am truly happy, because he helps me in lots of ways. I couldn't do the things on my own, travelling long way, and organise places that stay, in fact, he is a wizard. Thanks Pete.






60 comments:

  1. Great he is prepared to do it for you. Have a great time. Buy him a pint.

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  2. Wow! Amazing clicks.. Enjoy your holiday Bob :-)

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  3. Wow ! He is a very pretty and charming boy ! Wonderful mandarin duck !
    Nice day Bob !

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  4. Have a super fun trip and this duck is just AMAZING! So pretty and colorful.

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  5. Have a wonderful holiday Bob. Looking forward to seeing the photos!...[;o)

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  6. Zdjecia są przepiekne. Miłych wakacji, które spędzisz z Pete i który Ci tak wspaniale pomógł. Pozdrawiam.
    Pictures are beautiful. Have a nice holiday to spend with Pete and that you so wonderfully helped. Yours.

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  7. WOW, how exiting, my favourite duck!
    Magnificent photos, Bob, you're a star!
    Cheers and keep well!

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  8. an incredibly handsome duck and beautiful shots!

    enjoy your trip with your brother! awesome!

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  9. What an amazingly beautiful bird. Excellent captures. Enjoy your holidays, Bob.. and happy almost birthday. ;)

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    1. Thanks Hilary, how did you know, ah, you've been reading Adrian blog.

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    2. Yes. :)

      Frank's is the same day as yours. Mine is shortly after that.

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  10. So sorry not to have commented lately Bob. I have been having problems with health, broadband and blogging in general :-(

    Your photos of the Mandarin Duck are beautiful, they show so much detail. I have still never seen one in my area.

    I do hope you and your brother have a wonderful holiday, I'm sure it will be a welcome break after the last few months you have had. I also hope the weather will be much better than it is here!

    Bob, I've just been reading the article on your post about the culling of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and I am absolutely horrified. I knew nothing about it so thank you for bringing it to our attention. It is an utter disgrace, I could hardly believe what I was reading. The wealthy seem to hold all the power in this country and have no regard for anything they see as a threat to their money making schemes or their perverted ideas of pleasure. As for Natural England, I thought they were a sympathetic conservation body but only recently they issued licences to cull Buzzards in order to protect Pheasant chicks which will eventually be blasted out of the sky by guns anyway! Sorry about the rant Bob but this sort of thing makes me so angry...and very, very sad.

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    1. I hope that you have a better than it had been, sorry re: heath, broadband and blogging.

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  11. Such a handsome duck. Enjoy your well deserved holiday Bob, I will look forward to the images you take.

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  12. Beautiful pictures of the Mandarin Duck, Bob.
    I wish you a very happy holiday, enjoy everything.
    Regards, Irma

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  13. Such a beautiful beautiful animal!

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  14. Great to see they have legs Bob, lovely sharp photos, enjoy your holiday too.

    peter

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  15. Love these images, love this music and I wish you wonderful holidays
    with Pete the wizard !

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  16. Give Pete a hug from me, and a BIG hug to you, Bob, as I will miss your posts! Have a GREAT time, as I am sure you will!!!

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  17. Bob how wonderful that you are going on vacation and your brother so well accompanied on your trip!
    Those people are paying!! With no gold
    Have fun and make beautiful photos for us as Mandrin duck!!
    to in a while!
    grt,
    Annie
    http://anniezon.blogspot.nl/

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  18. wat een kleur geweldig mooi.

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  19. Exellent shots from a very beauriful bird Bob!!Enjoy your hollidays!!Have fun!!
    Dimi..

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  20. Have a great time Bob. I'm sure you will. A change of scenery is always good.

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  21. Als je het goed vind Bob wil ik je foto een keer gebruiken om te schilderen hij is echt prachtig heel mooi gedaan veel plezier op je vakantie hugs Danielle

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  22. Estupendas capturas de este precioso pato.Un abrazo

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  23. Such a colourful bird. You captures are brilliant!

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  24. Beautiful pictures of the Mandarin Duck Bob...
    Well done...

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  25. What a gorgeous duck; great photos Bob! Hope you have a splendid holiday!!

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  26. Make sure you pack the camera, super Mandarin shots.

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  27. Oh! My! Gosh! These are stunning! Such beautiful color and details!

    Have a wonderful time with your brother on holiday!

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  28. Bob, herrlich die Mandarin-Enten.
    Die Fotos sehen aus wie gemalt. Brillant.
    Und die Musik ist auh wieder toll.
    Einen schönen Restabend wünscht dir
    Irmi

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  29. Fantastic bird and wonderful pictures provided by Mandarin Duck!

    Ottar

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  30. Which Bring color beautiful beauty!

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  31. Easily one of our best birds. Great photos.

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  32. Wow, this is beautiful!
    Enjoy the beautiful Bob vacation.

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  33. Precioso el colorido de este pato, muy bello su plumaje. Yo regreso de unos días de descanso y veo que tú te vas, pásalo bien, Bob.

    Saludos

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  34. ¸.•°❤❤⊱彡

    L I N D Í S S I M O !

    Boa semana!
    Beijinhos do Brasil.
    ¸.•°❤❤⊱彡

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  35. These are some of your best Mandarin Duck shots yet! I love the first one!

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  36. Muy buenas fotografias..un abarzo desde Murcia...

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  37. Magnifiques couleurs pour ce canard mandarin !

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  38. Je l'adore ce canard il est superbe

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  39. Stunning, really stunning photographs of one of the world's most beautiful birds. Have a wonderful vacation, Bob. You and your family have been through a hard time recently and it will be good to have some bro time, especially since he is a helpful bro. Happy travels.

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  40. Olá Bob!
    Não há quem resista à beleza deste Mandarim!!!
    Lindo nas formas e nas cores! Depois, a tua foto é duma perfeição que até causa arrepios!!!

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  41. Wow, this has to be the peacock of ducks! Check out those colours, fabulously captured by your camera.

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