[Length 60 in. Wingspan 91 in.]

Whooper Swans breed across northern Europe (including Iceland) and Siberia. This one was photographed flying along the coast near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, a traditional wintering area. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF AF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 60 in. Wingspan 91 in.]

These Whooper Swans were photographed at Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 60 in. Wingspan 91 in.]

This Whooper Swan was photographed at Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 60 in. Wingspan 91 in.]

These two juvenile Whooper Swans, part of a large flock of adults, were photographed at Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

Blue-winged Teal are common breeding ducks throughout much of the US and Canada. Males, like this one, are unmistakable with their quarter-moon face patch. This drake Blue-winged Teal was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=390mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This one was photographed at Salyer NWR, North Dakota. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This female Blue-winged Teal was photographed at Arapaho NWR in Walden, Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This drake Blue-winged Teal was photographed at the Port Aransas Birding Center, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: February 2001)