Long-tailed ducks

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p.1 #1 · Long-tailed ducks

I spotted these Long-tailed ducks on my recent visit to Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY. These pretty little ducks are one of our winter ducks and will soon be gone. They were a good way out so I'm having to crop and deal with heat shimmy.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/1700s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/1800s 800 ISO -0.7 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/1600s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/1700s 800 ISO -0.7 EV

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Mar 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM

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p.1 #2 · Long-tailed ducks

I like the wave action. When you see OS, it's always cold and blowing.

(We need to find them a better name than OS and Long Tailed.)

Mar 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM

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p.1 #3 · Long-tailed ducks

taildraggin wrote:
I like the wave action. When you see OS, it's always cold and blowing.

(We need to find them a better name than OS and Long Tailed.)

Thank you,

What are OS?

Morris

Mar 20, 2026 at 01:17 PM

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p.1 #4 · Long-tailed ducks

Old Squaw�not supposed to use that anymore

Mar 20, 2026 at 04:12 PM

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p.1 #5 · Long-tailed ducks

Nice series of captures, Morris. I'm pretty much a novice, so I didn't know there was such a thing as a Long-tailed Duck!
Shot #4 shows clearly why they are named such.
And the irony is not lost on me that your first response came from 'taildraggin' .

Greg

Mar 20, 2026 at 05:11 PM

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p.1 #6 · Long-tailed ducks

taildraggin wrote:
Old Squaw�not supposed to use that anymore

Thank you,

I was unaware of the name change.

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gmccroskery wrote:
Nice series of captures, Morris. I'm pretty much a novice, so I didn't know there was such a thing as a Long-tailed Duck!
Shot #4 shows clearly why they are named such.
And the irony is not lost on me that your first response came from 'taildraggin' .

Greg

Thank you Greg,

I was working hard to capture an image showing that long tail and as you observed 4 did it.

Morris

Mar 20, 2026 at 08:11 PM


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